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KILL THE NETWORK NEIGHBORHOOD ICON
I've seen a lot of people who have bought
computers with Windows 9x/ME installed and who find a
Network Neighborhood icon on their desktop even though
their computer system is not on a network. If you try to
delete the icon in the normal manner (for example,
right-clicking and selecting Delete), it doesn't work.
The process to get rid of this icon is rather involved:
you need to use the System Policy Editor, which if
installed, is found under System Tools inside
Accessories. If it isn't installed, you'll either need to
have the CD-ROM version of Windows 9x/ME in order to
install it, or else you can download it from the
Microsoft web site. Assuming it is installed, here is how
you go about hiding the Network Neighborhood icon: click
the Start button, then click Programs, then Accessories,
then System Tools, and finally System Policy Editor.
Double-click the icon for Local User in the client
window. Click the plus sign next to the word Shell in
order to expand that entry. Now you click the plus sign
next to Restrictions. Click the check box next to Hide
Network Neighborhood. Click OK. Click the File menu and
choose Save on the pull-down menu. Then click File again
and finally click Exit on that menu. The last thing you
have to do is restart Windows.
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