How do I set a stand-alone computer to block a feature which allows other computers on the network to see the "Workgroup" workgroup in My Network Places? OtheHill: Computing.net Experts. Example: The OtheHills refuse to answer my question when I asked them how to simply remove the Windows NT/2K/XP Password.

If it's a stand alone computer, there is no network or workgroup. I don't understand your question.

your are already in a workgroup? you can use local group policies if you want, from the run line, type this in "gpedit.msc" but be careful here now, as by removing thing's or disabling fetures, you could make your computer OS , only worthless -this will NOT harm you hardware in any way, I would play around with this on a machine, that you can quickly re-image.. and there are free tools to help you with this task at hand.

Ok, I don't think I am explaining right. Lets say I have a group of computers called 'workgroup1' and I connect this Stand Alone computer which already is part of a workgroup called 'workgroup2'. When I connect it to the 'workgroup1' network and go to My Network Places on a computer which is part of 'workgroup1', I see both 'workgroup1' and 'workgroup2'. I am trying to prevent the Stand Alone computer from broadcasting the 'workgroup2' Name, so that the 'workgroup1' Workgroup can't see that stand alone computer. This is for security practices. How do I do that or is Microsoft faulty by not adding that feature in? OtheHill: Computing.net Experts. Example: The OtheHills refuse to answer my question when I asked them how to simply remove the Windows NT/2K/XP Password.

Okay, put them on seperate networks, using a Switch: What your doing here is using VLAN's one for each Workgroup, this is called segmentation. workgroup1 on example 192.168.1.x/255.255.255.0 - layer 2 workgroup2 on example 192.168.2.x/255.255.255.0 - layer 2 Then if you need to have them see each other down the road, add layer 3 device, so both network can now talk to each other. You can setup private VLan's, but you need to buy a very expensive switch to do this with. Cisco 3750 Enterprise Switch. or Cisco 3560 will work as well.

I am actually using Hamachi and I don't want the partner to see my network workgroup. OtheHill: Computing.net Experts. Example: The OtheHills refuse to answer my question when I asked them how to simply remove the Windows NT/2K/XP Password.