Stealth Settings in Network Neighborhood/LAN

Ok… the title says all. So… by following the steps below you’ll become invisible to the other users of the Network Neighborhood / My Network Places.

Step-by-step instructions:

1. Click Start and select Run… (or more easy: press CTRL+R )

2. In the Run box, type cmd and hit enter to open command promt

3.  Write inside the window the following command

net config server / hidden: yes

Now, if u done it correct, then you should get this message: “The command completed successfully.”

Note: By doing this, other uses can’t connect to your shares if they don’t know the full path: ex: \\computer1\docs

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