Icons in "My Network Places"

[Colon Terminus]

I've searched Google Groups and this newsgroup and can't find the answer to
what should be a very simple problem.

In my home network, when I view My Network Places, I see every available
share on all computers on the network. I don't want to see all the shares
available, I only want to see the computers on the network as I do in
Windows 2000 and Vista.

How can I change this behaviour?

 

[IshmaelDS]

I've searched Google Groups and this newsgroup and can't find the answer to
what should be a very simple problem.

In my home network, when I view My Network Places, I see every available
share on all computers on the network. I don't want to see all the shares
available, I only want to see the computers on the network as I do in
Windows 2000 and Vista.

How can I change this behaviour?

um I'm not sure how to do it there but you could always click on
entire network and then your workgroup/domain and you will only see
the local computers instead of the shares.

 

[Kelly]

See if this applies to your need:

"You simply append a dollar sign ($) to the resource's share name. When you
do, the shared resource won't appear on the network. Furthermore, any access
restrictions or passwords assigned to that shared resource remain in
effect."

http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5034916.html

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[John John (MVP)]

This should sort it out:
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/wxplanus.html

John

 

[Colon Terminus]

This should sort it out:
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/wxplanus.html

John

I've searched Google Groups and this newsgroup and can't find the answer
to what should be a very simple problem.

In my home network, when I view My Network Places, I see every available
share on all computers on the network. I don't want to see all the shares
available, I only want to see the computers on the network as I do in
Windows 2000 and Vista.

How can I change this behaviour?

Thanks, everyone, for your advice. Unfortunately, I guess it isn't that
simple -or- it IS that simple ... Windows XP just won't behave and can't be
made to behave the way we're (my family) is accustomed to. There are 8
computers on our home network, each sharing the majority of their resources
on the network. When any family member double-clicks on "My Network Places"
they're presented with a window populated by over fifty icons. Ridiculous;
even more so when there are one or more laptops connecterd.

The problem was solved by double-clicking "My Network Places",
double-clicking "Entire Network", double-clicking "Mucrosoft Windows
Network" and then dragging a shortcut to our home network to the desktop.
When a family member then double-clicks that desktop shortcut, the result is
what we're looking for.

 

[Kelly]

Interesting....thanks for the feedback.

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