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hiding shared folders
... I dont get the link, even in the explorer that opens from teh start menu. and how about making the folders invisible? nobody would be able to see any share, This shows the "Entire Network" link all they way down through the domain, to the server (showing all shared folders), and the user's personal network

Renaming will cause trouble!
We encourage users to explore the shared folders - that's what they're there for, right? Don't put folders that they can't or shouldn't access in their faces. Les. It is obvious that MS didn't think this one through properly way back when - hence the kludge of adding $ to the end to make them invisible.

Antivirus software vendor AvSoft Technologies' website hacked ...
Then, if you go to Shares and then Shared Folders, you'll see items that are currently being shared. I was a little disappointed with that because it's obviously a security risk. I have had no success identifying a nimda virus on my computer when I do a manual scan, or removing this invisible nimda.

home networking with SMC7004BR Router problems and questions
I've written a web page that should help solve the problem of invisible computers: Windows XP Network Troubleshooting That limit is for CONCURRENT INBOUND connections, meaning that no more than 5 computers can connect to a particular computer's shared folders and printers simultaneously.

Sharing (seeing shared) folders over LAN
The computers can see each other's names, but can only look at 'shared' files and folders, everything else is invisible. We are not encrypted, but I don't see how a foreign computer could get into the network if it didn't have a recognised internal IP address, and even then it could only see the 'shared docs'

What's in Network Places?
It seemed that my problems were solved however,when I tried to browse Network Neighborhood, the Win98 computers were still invisible to the Win95 machines. Strangely, if I used the Find Computer feature, the Win98 machines showed and all shared folders files and printers worked properly.

Win2000 to win98 network printing
Syl Renner sren...@iname.com microsoft public windowsnt misc Is there a way to HIDE shared folders / drives that users do NOT access to? NOTE: This is beyond denying access when users try to open a folder by browsing network neighborhood. This would make the folde / driver invisible if they do not have access

Access Based Enumeration enabled
The overwhelming majority of all problems with file sharing are caused by a corrupt invisible file called "AppleShare PDS". AppleSharePDS is an invisible file However, you'll have to re-set your file sharing permissions and shared folders. Rebuilding the file may in some cases take a non-trivial amount of time.

Network password request during mapping???
It does not act as a gateway to any other network. This problem is only occuring with the 2.4.5 Kernel ... I have another server running with the 2.2.19 Kernel which is communicating flawlessly. Any ideas? Jim Decker What kind of connections are you trying to get response to? If it's shared folders is Samba setup?

Folder name length
-----Original Message----- Is there a way to HIDE shared folders / drives that users do NOT access to? NOTE: This is beyond denying access when users try to open a folder by browsing network neighborhood. This would make the folde / driver invisible if they do not have access privileges Thanks Koni.

Invisible resources
Hi there, question about shared folders in W2K. I have a folder that I've shared for network users. This folder contains other folders that the various groups can access, I always thought that Windows was the same....no permissions, and the folder was invisible. Any help on this would be appreciated. Thanks.

Admin$ share on a workgroup
raivo.k...@zerone.se microsoft public win2000 general Hi, If I use shared folders and exclude a user to access it (setting the right permissions for him), I would like to make that shared folder invisible for him, ie. users can not see folders they can not access on the network. Thanks for any suggestion.

Help with Wireless Network - I'm lost
Initially the VM was set up with NAT networking - which made it invisible from outside and the network was invisible from inside. Only the Internet worked. To access external drives one had to set up Shared Folders which then appeared under VirtualBox Shared Folders under Network. By changing the networking method

Shared folders
My original reply was referring to a 'network', and 'shared folders'. Windows will choose to hide any folders it finds within the 'entire network' which end in $ - for example the default administrative shares on NT machines - C$, D$, etc. are invisible in the nethood. This obviously refers to the shared name,

Unable to view workgroup
On the invisible upgraded machine, the registry entry was already set to 0 when I looked. But it's still invisible to the other 2. On the invisible machine, in My Network Places, the shared folders on the other machines have the network icon, but not the folder for the it's own shared folder... I GOT IT !

DFS solution?
Mr. C wcro...@sover.net microsoft public win2000 beta general This must be something simple, but it's invisible to me. Following any reboot of my W2K RC2 From my server I can always see and ping my W2K wkstn, but when I go to open its shared folders, I get an "access denied" error. The workstation, however

Help Help: File Sharing Could Not Be Enabled !
(I know that TOPSECRET$ would be invisible to all browsers, but ABE seemed to offer selective visibility.) 2. Please explain in detail ""Configure Shared Folders" wizard". On my test machine, I went to Server Management\Standard Management\Shares (Local). On the right pane, I ran the Share a Folder Wizard and the

lost of admin share
Each of the computers (all ports and services checked) on my home LAN are not just unresponsive to outside probes but are invisible! Question: How great is the security exposure when such shared folders (files) reside on an always-on (DSL Internet access) PC behind a Zone Alarm Pro firewall set to highest

I want them Invisible !
Added usernames with passwords, and shared a few folders to certain user groups, admin and powerusers. 1. Why are all shares/folders visible in network places, even the unaccessable folders (access denied) on the winme workstations? I deleted these folders on winme, but of coarse that makes them invisible when

Win2k & Win9x shared folder visibility???
Create a folder where you put all pc stuff and aliases to the shared folders on the disk image. Give it the name you want the cd to have. If you want stuff to be invisible on the mac partition of the hybrid you have to do this now. Use res edit to hide the files on the disk image you created in step 1 (make sure