Hide your computer in the Network

Wana Hide Yours computer in the Network , then you have two Steps To Do This.
First, go to Start Menu->Run window. type: "cmd". In the command prompt Enter the following commands:Net config server /hidden:yes

This command will hide you from the Network neighborhood but your shared folders can still be access.So how about my IP address? what if they have an ip-scanner, still they can find me?

They can find you by using an ipscanner. The solution for this problem is by using a Firewall. Upgrade to Windows XP Service Pack 2, there is a free inbound protection firewall. For Windows Vista users, there is an inbound and outbound firewall protection by default.
To check if your computer is hidden in the network neighborhood type this in the command prompt

Net config server

Server Name \\ MyPC
Server Comment
Software version Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate
Server is active on
NetbiosSmb (MyPC)
NetBT_Tcpip_{4365E532-AF25-4C8E-C31E-5D3BG50F7043} (MyPC)

Server hidden Yes
Maximum Logged On Users 10
Maximum open files per session 16384

Idle session time (min) 15
The command completed successfully.

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