{"id":3624,"date":"2019-10-25T14:59:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T06:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=3624"},"modified":"2022-10-07T10:51:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T02:51:27","slug":"how-to-hide-my-windows-2003-server-from-the-microsoft-computer-browser-service","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/kb\/how-to-hide-my-windows-2003-server-from-the-microsoft-computer-browser-service","title":{"rendered":"How to hide my Windows 2003 server from the Microsoft Computer Browser service?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3624\" class=\"elementor elementor-3624\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-74b9238 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"74b9238\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-60476c9a\" data-id=\"60476c9a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7743f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a7743f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How To Hide Windows 2003 Server from Microsoft Computer Browser Service<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4341833 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4341833\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b9cd72\" data-id=\"3b9cd72\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d51853f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d51853f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Applies to :<\/span><\/strong><\/h2><ul><li>Windows 2003 server.<\/li><\/ul><h2><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Requirements<\/span><\/strong><\/h2><p>To perform this task, you need to have :<\/p><ul><li>Knowledge in accessing the server via\u00a0Remote Desktop.<\/li><li>IP address or server hostname.<\/li><li>Your server Remote desktop username and password.<\/li><\/ul><h2><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Instructions<\/span><\/strong><\/h2><p>There is 2 way to prevents people on other network computers from seeing your server :<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8044651 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8044651\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Editing the registry<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ff1c0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ff1c0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Open the registry editor. From the desktop, click <strong>Start<\/strong>\u00a0&gt;\u00a0<strong>Run<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ff76d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3ff76d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MCBS-start-run-01.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"windows start run\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-757c2ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"757c2ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Type <strong>regedit<\/strong> in the Run window, and click\u00a0<strong>OK\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39179dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"39179dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"329\" height=\"171\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MCBS-run-window-02.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"run command box\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MCBS-run-window-02.png 329w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MCBS-run-window-02-300x156.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1d5b72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d1d5b72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Go to:<\/p><p>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\LanmanServer\\Parameters<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-349334a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"349334a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MCBS-registry-editor-window-03.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"registry editor parameters file\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-488bd1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"488bd1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>From the Edit menu, choose <strong>New<\/strong>\u00a0&gt;\u00a0<strong>DWORD Value<\/strong>, then rename the new Value to\u00a0<strong>Hidden<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Note: This value is case-sensitive and must begin with a capital H.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01acdc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"01acdc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MCBS-DWORD-Value-04.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"dword value\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-692f5cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"692f5cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>In the Data field, type 1 to enable hiding and choose OK.<\/p><p>Restart your server.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b5cd9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3b5cd9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"766\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MCBS-hidden-05.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"register editor hidden\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MCBS-hidden-05.png 766w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MCBS-hidden-05-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-148bd64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"148bd64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Using the NET CONFIG SRV command<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f4959e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f4959e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This setting can also be changed using the following command :<\/p><pre>net config server \/hidden:yes|no<\/pre><p>To hide the computer from the Browser List, type\u00a0<em>net config server \/hidden: yes<\/em> at the\u00a0command prompt, and then press\u00a0<strong>ENTER<\/strong>.<\/p><p>To unhide the computer from the Browser list, type\u00a0<em>net config server \/hidden: no<\/em>\u00a0at the\u00a0command prompt, and then press\u00a0<strong>ENTER<\/strong>.<\/p><p><strong>Note<\/strong>: It may take up to 30 minutes for the server to disappear from the Browser lists.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1e707e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b1e707e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"619\" height=\"96\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MCBS-command-prompt-06.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"NET CONFIG SRV command\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MCBS-command-prompt-06.png 619w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MCBS-command-prompt-06-300x47.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d568f61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d568f61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>You can read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/kb\/domain-physical-path-in-windows-server\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u00a0Remote Desktop. IP address or server hostname. Your server Remote desktop username and password. Instructions There is 2 way to prevents people on &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/kb\/how-to-hide-my-windows-2003-server-from-the-microsoft-computer-browser-service\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to hide my Windows 2003 server from the Microsoft Computer Browser service?<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"kbtopic":[132],"kbtag":[110],"mkb_version":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/3624"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3624"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/3624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21908,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/3624\/revisions\/21908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=3624"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=3624"},{"taxonomy":"mkb_version","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mkb_version?post=3624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}