Remove Entire Network in My Network Places
You can disable the ability of the users to see all computers of the network in My Network Places.
Level: Try but be careful
Description:
The entire network is a feature in my network places that gives users the opportunity to see all workgroups and domains on the network. You can disable the ability of the users to see all computers of the network. For this go to "start->run" and enter "regedit" and search the key listed below. You can create one key "network" and then you create inside this key a dword value "noentirenetwork", if this value or the key is not existing. Now you can set this value to hide the entire network in my network places. After a restart the changes take effect. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.
The entire network is a feature in my network places that gives users the opportunity to see all workgroups and domains on the network. You can disable the ability of the users to see all computers of the network. For this go to "start->run" and enter "regedit" and search the key listed below. You can create one key "network" and then you create inside this key a dword value "noentirenetwork", if this value or the key is not existing. Now you can set this value to hide the entire network in my network places. After a restart the changes take effect. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.
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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Second, go to the <b>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\]</b> key, right-click and click on "New > Key" to create a new key with the name "Network".

Third, right-click on the blank area in the right pane and click on "New > DWORD Value" to create a new DWORD value with the name "NoEntireNetwork".

Fourth, right-click on the 'NoEntireNetwork' DWORD value and click on "Modify".

Finally, enter the value "1" in the text box and click on 'OK'.
Registry Entries
- back to top- Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\]
- Location: Current User
- Value Name: Network
- Data Type: Key
- Action Type: Add an Entry
- Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Network\]
- Location: Current User
- Value Name: NoEntireNetwork
- Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
- Enabled Value: 1
- Disabled Value: 0
- Action Type: Add an Entry
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