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by a former member

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Is it possible to "hide" other workgroup computers in a Win98/WinXP peer-to-peer environment.

We currently have 2 peer workgroups sharing the same telecommunications and networking resources. We would prefer to not share file/folder resources between peer workgroups.

On the Win98 machines, we have the obvious passwording of shared resources. Am I over looking this feature in WinXP?

We would prefer to only have those machines assigned to each peer able to view the resources of it's assigned peer.

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by bfilmfan

There are a couple of different ways to do this:

Open a command box and input:
NET CONFIG SERVER /HIDDEN:YES

Add the following setting to the registry:

System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\
Parameters]
Value Name: Hidden
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = visible, 1 = hidden)

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