Re: Workgroups showing up in Network Neighborhood

In news:#1sWcgzPDHA.3880@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
Fletcher <iliketodirtbike@hotmail.com> posted his concerns then I replied
down below:
> Hello -
>
> This is likely a WINS issue and not really DNS, but I'm not 100% sure
> so....
>
> From time to time we have workgroups that will appear in our network
> neighborhood browse list (no doubt from users or other admins adding
> their computers to workgroups).. so my question is, is there a policy
> that will block the ability for these workgroups to appear in the
> browse list? I want people to still be able to create workgroups (if
> they need to), but I don't want our users to see these workgroups
> when they are browsing network neighborhood.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Craig

That is a Netbios function and not DNS.

To stop them from showing up in the hood would require (on the client side)
to disable the F&P Services on a W9x, W2k or XP. Otherwise, they will show
up as default behavior. On an NT4, W2k, XP or W2k3, you can use this on the
client to kill that:
net config /hidden:yes.


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Regards,
Ace

Please direct all replies to the newsgroup so all can benefit.

Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory
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