How to make your PC hidden?

[Bilal]

I wanted to know is there any way that I can make my computer hidden so that it cannot be traced from outside, keeping it enable for personal use ?

[Steve123]

Click on the Start Menu
Select Run
Type cmd and select OK

To make your computer hidden on the network, type

>net config server /hidden: yes

To make you computer visible on the network, type

>net config server /hidden: no

[Milton.J]

If you share Windows folders, you probably noticed that when you browse Network Neighborhood ("My Network" in XP or "Network" in Vista), Windows broadcast your PC name to anyone browsing on the same subnet.

You may want to hide you Computer from being discovered, but still be able to connect to your shared folders.

To hide your computer from being browsed in Network Neighborhood, open a command prompt by clicking on Start \ Run… and typing the following:

net config server /HIDDEN:YES

If the command was executed successfully, you should see "The command completed successfully."

You can verify with the following command :

net config server

and check that the "Server hidden" status is Yes

[Snake08]

Follow these steps to hide your computer on the network

1-Click start menu/run
2-type cmd/click OK
3-type the command "net config server /hidden:yes" in the command prompt window and hit enter