If you don't want other network computers and devices to find your Windows PC, you can simply do it by turning off Network Discovery on your computer. Network discovery is a Windows feature which lets your PC to see other devices on the LAN and let others see your PC too. If you turn off network discovery on your PC, you will be invisible to other devices on the LAN. The downside is, your computer will also not find any other devices on the LAN. So if you are OK to be invisible to other devices and be ready to don't find other too, proceed further.
How to Turn Off Network Discovery On Windows & Make Your Computer Invisible To turn off this feature on a laptop with Microsoft OS, you should go to advanced sharing settings. Steps to go there and disable this feature are:
Go to Control Panel
View Control Pavel icons by Large icons.
Click on Network and Sharing Center
Click on Change advanced sharing settings
Check Turn off Network discovery under current profile.
You may need to cl…
How to Turn Off Network Discovery On Windows & Make Your Computer Invisible To turn off this feature on a laptop with Microsoft OS, you should go to advanced sharing settings. Steps to go there and disable this feature are:
Go to Control Panel
View Control Pavel icons by Large icons.
Click on Network and Sharing Center
Click on Change advanced sharing settings
Check Turn off Network discovery under current profile.
You may need to cl…