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How to disable network option in Windows explorer?
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It's a little bit more complicated, I want to hide or deny use of the network location in Windows explorer to domain users, but I also need to give them access to mapped network devices and I can't disable network discovery because every user has a shared folder for update backup and scanner purposes.
Here's a screen capture to show what I want:

The idea is prevent users from wandering the net. Basic and curious users at least.
windows-7 windows-server-2012 group-policy smb-conf
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It's a little bit more complicated, I want to hide or deny use of the network location in Windows explorer to domain users, but I also need to give them access to mapped network devices and I can't disable network discovery because every user has a shared folder for update backup and scanner purposes.
Here's a screen capture to show what I want:

The idea is prevent users from wandering the net. Basic and curious users at least.
windows-7 windows-server-2012 group-policy smb-conf
1
Security through obscurity?
– joeqwerty
Mar 7 '18 at 20:43
blogs.technet.microsoft.com/networking/2010/12/06/… has a few ways to disable this. The simplest group policy for me to understand is adding firewall rules to block the ports.
– axus
Mar 7 '18 at 21:37
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It's a little bit more complicated, I want to hide or deny use of the network location in Windows explorer to domain users, but I also need to give them access to mapped network devices and I can't disable network discovery because every user has a shared folder for update backup and scanner purposes.
Here's a screen capture to show what I want:

The idea is prevent users from wandering the net. Basic and curious users at least.
windows-7 windows-server-2012 group-policy smb-conf
It's a little bit more complicated, I want to hide or deny use of the network location in Windows explorer to domain users, but I also need to give them access to mapped network devices and I can't disable network discovery because every user has a shared folder for update backup and scanner purposes.
Here's a screen capture to show what I want:

The idea is prevent users from wandering the net. Basic and curious users at least.
windows-7 windows-server-2012 group-policy smb-conf
windows-7 windows-server-2012 group-policy smb-conf
edited Mar 7 '18 at 19:56
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asked Mar 7 '18 at 18:19
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Security through obscurity?
– joeqwerty
Mar 7 '18 at 20:43
blogs.technet.microsoft.com/networking/2010/12/06/… has a few ways to disable this. The simplest group policy for me to understand is adding firewall rules to block the ports.
– axus
Mar 7 '18 at 21:37
add a comment |
1
Security through obscurity?
– joeqwerty
Mar 7 '18 at 20:43
blogs.technet.microsoft.com/networking/2010/12/06/… has a few ways to disable this. The simplest group policy for me to understand is adding firewall rules to block the ports.
– axus
Mar 7 '18 at 21:37
1
1
Security through obscurity?
– joeqwerty
Mar 7 '18 at 20:43
Security through obscurity?
– joeqwerty
Mar 7 '18 at 20:43
blogs.technet.microsoft.com/networking/2010/12/06/… has a few ways to disable this. The simplest group policy for me to understand is adding firewall rules to block the ports.
– axus
Mar 7 '18 at 21:37
blogs.technet.microsoft.com/networking/2010/12/06/… has a few ways to disable this. The simplest group policy for me to understand is adding firewall rules to block the ports.
– axus
Mar 7 '18 at 21:37
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To hide the network node, you can create the following registry value on the computers:
HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesNonEnumF02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 1
This will prevent Windows Explorer from listing this node.
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To hide the network node, you can create the following registry value on the computers:
HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesNonEnumF02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C
Type: REG_DWORD
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This will prevent Windows Explorer from listing this node.
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To hide the network node, you can create the following registry value on the computers:
HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesNonEnumF02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 1
This will prevent Windows Explorer from listing this node.
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To hide the network node, you can create the following registry value on the computers:
HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesNonEnumF02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 1
This will prevent Windows Explorer from listing this node.
To hide the network node, you can create the following registry value on the computers:
HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesNonEnumF02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 1
This will prevent Windows Explorer from listing this node.
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blogs.technet.microsoft.com/networking/2010/12/06/… has a few ways to disable this. The simplest group policy for me to understand is adding firewall rules to block the ports.
– axus
Mar 7 '18 at 21:37