Disabling Access to Network Resources Using System Policies
Article ID: 156698
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q156698
SYMPTOMS
The default user icon in System Policy Editor lets you hide network
resources in Network Neighborhood or even completely hide the Network
Neighborhood itself (Default User\Shell\Restrictions\Hide Network
Neighborhood).
However, users can still browse network resources from Windows Explorer and
My Computer using the Map Network Drive icon in addition to the NET VIEW
and NET USE commands issued from the command prompt.
WORKAROUND
In My Computer, select the "Hide drives in My Computer" check box under
Default User\Shell\Restrictions\Hide Drives. Although the Map Network Drive
button continues to show a list of servers, logical network drives are not
visible in Windows Explorer, My Computer, or at the MS-DOS prompt.
Attempts to establish new logical drive connections from the command prompt
appear to work. A NET USE to a network resource completes with the message
"Command completed successfully." Attempts to access the resource, however,
fail with an error message: "The device is not ready."
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. We
are researching this problem and will post new information here in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
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