Hide/Unhide XP Computer from Network Neighborhood

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If you want to share files from a XP computer but you want to remove it from showing up in the Network Neighborhood, follow the next steps

Click Start>Run type cmd click OK.

In the command prompt box type the following command

net config server /hidden:yes

If the command was executed successfully, you should see “The command completed successfully.”

you can verify with the following command

net config server

and check that the “Server hidden” status is Yes:

Now reboot your Computer and when Windows has restarted, you will no longer be able to see it when browsing the network. When you want to connect to a shared folder, you can map the drive using the following syntax from Windows Explorer

\\computername\sharename

If you want to unhide your Computer, type the following at a command prompt and reboot

net config server /HIDDEN:NO

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