This entry appears as MSS: (Hidden) Hide Computer From the Browse List (not recommended except for highly secure environments) in the Local Group Policy Editor. You can configure a computer so that it does not send announcements to browsers on the domain. If you do, you hide the computer from the Network Browser list; it does not announce itself to other computers on the same network. Countermeasure: Do not configure the MSS: (Hidden) Hide Computer From the Browse List (not recommended except for highly secure environments) entry except on highly secure computers, where it should be configured to a value of Enabled. The possible values for this registry entry are: ? 1 or 0. The default configuration is 0 (disabled). In the SCE UI, these options appear as: ? Enabled ? Disabled ? Not Defined Potential Impact: The computer will no longer appear on the Browser list or in Network Neighborhood on other computers on the same network.

[enabled/disabled]

(1) GPO: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\MSS (Legacy)\MSS: (Hidden) Hide Computer From the Browse List (not recommended except for highly secure environments) (2) REG: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Lanmanserver\Parameters!Hidden