Mondoze Knowledge Base

Search our articles or browse by category below

How to hide my Windows 2003 server from the Microsoft Computer Browser service?

Last modified: October 7, 2022
You are here:
Estimated reading time: 1 min

How To Hide Windows 2003 Server from Microsoft Computer Browser Service

Applies to :

  • Windows 2003 server.

Requirements

To perform this task, you need to have :

  • Knowledge in accessing the server via Remote Desktop.
  • IP address or server hostname.
  • Your server Remote desktop username and password.

Instructions

There is 2 way to prevents people on other network computers from seeing your server :

Editing the registry

Open the registry editor. From the desktop, click Start > Run

windows start run

Type regedit in the Run window, and click OK 

run command box

Go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters

registry editor parameters file

From the Edit menu, choose New > DWORD Value, then rename the new Value to Hidden.

Note: This value is case-sensitive and must begin with a capital H.

dword value

In the Data field, type 1 to enable hiding and choose OK.

Restart your server.

register editor hidden

Using the NET CONFIG SRV command

This setting can also be changed using the following command :

net config server /hidden:yes|no

To hide the computer from the Browser List, type net config server /hidden: yes at the command prompt, and then press ENTER.

To unhide the computer from the Browser list, type net config server /hidden: no at the command prompt, and then press ENTER.

Note: It may take up to 30 minutes for the server to disappear from the Browser lists.

NET CONFIG SRV command

You can read more here.

Was this article helpful?
Dislike 0
Views: 89