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by pchlp

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I have a situation where there are 3 sets of workers and the yare sharing the same router.
I do not want them to see each others shared folders.
How do I make them idependant. I have created different work groups but still see the shared folders on the other PC's.

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by dmiles

To hide all Desktop Icons from Explorer, use the following Windows NT / Windows 2000 / Windows XP registry hack :
Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Name: NoDesktop
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

With this key enabled, in addition, you cannot right click on the desktop to get a context menu. This is a lockdown option.

Almost all Windows NT registry hacks work for Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Windows NT and Windows XP have the Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer key by default. Windows 2000 does not. But if you create the key with the No Desktop value set to 1, the hack works for Windows 2000 also. When you create the Explorer key under Policies, you will be prompted for a class. Leave it blank.

To hide all Desktop Icons from Explorer but still enable right-clicking on the desktop there is the following registry hack :

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
Name: HideIcons
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0

by pchlp

I will still need to access the 1 of the 2 computers.
one is the secratary and the other is the manager.
Can I still map a drive to the manages PC from the secretaries PC.

by magetower

Are these XP Home or Pro?

If you are trying to hide shares that have been created by the users then you can modify the share name placing a $ at the end. The share will still be there to map to if needed but they cannot be 'browsed'.

Also take a look at this TechNet article. It may answer some of your question. (entire URL between the <>)

by idtent

This might do what you want. On each system run regedit and go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters
add the dword "Hidden" and change the value from 0 to 1.
After the systems are rebooted they will stop advertising their presence and will no longer show up in the network neighborhood. if you know the name and or ip address of the systems you can still map shares and all that like before. You just wont be able to browse to it.

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