Network Application Skills use the registry to enhance network peers

Each time information is shared and transmitted with intranet users, "Network neighbors" will be used. Of course, by default, the system's "Network neighbors" function is very limited, if you want to share the transfer with your friends on the Intranet more efficiently and securely, you must find ways to tap into the potential of "Network neighbors. This is not the case. This article aims to help you use the "Network Neighbor" function and specifically set up the Registry to enhance the "Network Neighbor" function!
Hide "computer nearby"
By default, when the system's network neighbor window is opened, you will see the icon of a nearby computer in it. Double-click the icon to access the shared resources of a nearby computer. If you do not want the Internet neighbor window to contain a nearby computer icon, you can hide it as follows:
Click the "Start"/"run" command, and then execute the Registry Editing Command "regedit" in the pop-up dialog box to open the system registry editing interface;
Expand the HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer registry sub-keys one by one in the window area to the right of the sub-keys, check whether there is a double byte value named "NoComputersNearMe". If it does not exist, you can right-click the blank area of the right window, then, right-click the "new"/"Dword Value" command in the pop-up menu, and name the newly created key value "NoComputersNearMe", as shown in 1;

Figure 1 Name the newly created key value NoComputersNearMe

Next, double-click the created "NoComputersNearMe" key value with the left mouse button, enter "00000001" in the Value Setting dialog box that appears, and click "OK" to exit the registry editing window, at the same time, restart the computer system so that when you open the network neighbor window again, you will no longer see the icon "my computer nearby.
Hide Local Computer
By default, the neighborhood window displays the icon of the Local Computer. When you double-click the icon, you can access the shared information in the local system. If you want the local shared information not to be accessible by other users in the LAN, you can use the following method to remove the Local Computer icon from the network neighbor window:
Click the "Start"/"run" command, and then execute the Registry Editing Command "regedit" in the pop-up dialog box to open the system registry editing interface; expand the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Services \ LanManServer \ Parameters registry sub-key in sequence on the interface, as shown in Figure 2. Check whether the "Hidden" key value exists under the Parameters sub-key, if not, right-click the Parameters item and choose "New"/"Dword Value" from the shortcut menu, set the newly created double byte value name to "Hidden", set its value to "1", and click "OK" to exit the registry editing page, at the same time, restart the computer system so that when you open the network neighbor window again, you will not see the Local Computer shadow!

Figure 2 right-click the Parameters item

Hide recent access traces
If you are using a Windows 2000 operating system or a system later than 2000, you will find that the system's network neighbor window seems to have Intelligent Memory capabilities, it automatically displays all the names of some recently accessed shared folders, even if the sharing status of those shared folders has been canceled, others will also see the shared names in the network neighbor window. To effectively protect your shared access privacy, follow these steps to hide recent shared access traces:
Click Start or run to open the system running dialog box. Enter the string command regedit and press enter to open the system registry editing window; expand the HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer registry sub-key in the interface, and check whether the "NoRecentDocsNetHood" dual-byte value exists under the Explorer sub-key, if it does not exist, right-click the Explorer sub-key and select "new"/"DWORD Value" from the shortcut menu that appears, set the new key value name to "NoRecentDocsNetHood", and change the value to "00000001", as shown in 3. After completing the preceding setting task, refresh the system registry, you can hide all the sharing traces of previous access from the neighborhood window.

Figure 3 change the value to 00000001

If you are using a Windows 9X operating system, you need to expand the Registry branch HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Network \ Recent one by one, and then under the corresponding Recent key value, you will find all recent shared access traces. In this case, you only need to select them and run the DELETE command separately to clear all the access traces in the network neighbor window.
Hide network neighbor ing
When you access Shared Resources in the Internet neighbor window, you can also right-click a target shared folder by clicking the share folder icon, then, right-click the pop-up menu and run the ing network drive command to map the remote shared folder to a disk partition at a cost, in the future, you will be able to quickly access the content in the remote folder like accessing files on the local disk. However, sometimes you need to hide the network neighbor ing function for security reasons. The following is a specific method to hide the function:
Click Start or run to open the system running dialog box. Enter the string command regedit and press enter to open the system registry editing window;
Expand the registry subkey HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer step by step. In the window area on the right of the Explorer subkey, check whether the "NoNetConnectDisconnect" key value can be found. If not, click the "edit" menu item on the registry editing page, click "new"/"DWORD Value" from the drop-down menu, and set the new key name to "NoNetConnectDisconnect" (4 ), at the same time, set its value to "00000001", and finally refresh the system registry, so that the "ing network drive" function in the network neighbor window can be hidden.

Figure 4 set the new key name to NoNetConnectDisconnect

Hide the entire network
Every time you open the network neighbor window, you will always find the figure "entire network". Double-click this icon to easily access all types of workstations in the LAN. If you want others to be unable to browse all workstations in the LAN from the Internet neighbor window, follow these steps, to hide the entire network icon from the network neighbor window:
Click the "Start"/"run" command, and then execute the Registry Editing Command "regedit" in the pop-up dialog box to open the system registry editing interface;
Expand the Registry branch HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Network (5) one by one in the window area on the right corresponding to the Network subkey, check whether the "NoEntireNetwork" key value exists. If it does not exist, right-click the Network subkey, select the "new"/"DWORD Value" option from the shortcut menu that appears, and set the new key value name to "NoEntireNetwork ", at the same time, change the value of this key value to "00000001". After completing the preceding setting task, refresh the system registry, you can hide the entire network icon from the network neighbor window.

Figure 5 Right-click the Network subkey

Hide System shared documents
On a computer with a Windows XP operating system installed, the "shared document" folder is always displayed when you enter the "Network Neighbor window, double-click the folder to view some local shared information. If you do not want others to see the local shared privacy, you can use the following method to hide the default shared documents from the Internet neighbor window:
Click "start"/"run" on the Windows XP system desktop, and execute the Registry Editing Command "regedit" in the pop-up dialog box to go to the registry editing interface of the system;

Expand the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ MyComputer \ NameSpace \ DelegateFolders registry sub-key with the left mouse button; check whether the subkey "{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}" exists under the "DelegateFolders" subkey (6). If it is found, you can directly select it, click the "edit"/"delete" command in the menu bar, and restart the Windows XP system. Then, when you enter the network neighbor window again, you cannot see the shadow of "shared document.

Figure 6 check DelegateFolders

Hide desktop network neighbors
By using the network neighbor icon on the desktop, you can not only quickly access the shared information of other computers on the Intranet, but also quickly open the local network attribute settings window, so that you can modify the IP address of the Local Computer at will. To avoid conflicts between Intranet access and IP addresses easily changed by others, follow these steps:
Click the "Start"/"run" command, and then execute the Registry Editing Command "regedit" in the pop-up dialog box to open the system registry editing interface;
Expand the HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer registry sub-keys one by one with the mouse. In the right window area corresponding to the Explorer sub-key, check whether the "NoNetHood" key value exists. If no value is found, right-click the Explorer subkey, right-click the "new"/"Dword Value" command in the pop-up menu, and set the newly created dubyte value to "NoNetHood ", set its value to "00000001" (7), click "OK" to exit the registry editing page, and restart the computer system, in this way, when you enter the Windows system desktop again, you will not see the network neighbor icon.

Figure 7 set the newly created double byte value to NoNetHood

Hide menu network neighbors
In addition to opening the network neighbor window through the desktop, you can also use the "Network Neighbor" command in the "Start" menu of the system to open it. To prevent others from easily changing the IP address, you also need to follow the following methods, hide the "Network Neighbor" command in the "Start" menu:
Click the "Start"/"run" command, and then execute the Registry Editing Command "regedit" in the pop-up dialog box to open the system registry editing interface;
Hover your mouse over the registry subkey HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ policies \ Explorer. In the right window area of the Explorer subkey, check whether the "NoStartMenuNetworkPlaces" key exists. If not, right-click the Explorer sub-key, right-click the "new"/"Dword Value" command in the pop-up menu, and set the newly created dubyte value name to "NoStartMenuNetworkPlaces ", set its value to "00000001" (as shown in Figure 8), click "OK" to exit the registry editing page, and restart the computer system, in this case, the "Network Neighbor" command option in the "Start" menu of the Windows system will not be seen.

Figure 8 set the newly created double byte value name to NoStartMenuNetworkPlaces