Re: how do delete someone from a home network

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From: Steve Winograd [MVP] (winograd_at_pobox.com)
Date: 12/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 15:57:34 -0700

In article <#Ppn#dn7EHA.1400@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>, "Scott M."
<s-mar@nospam.nospam> wrote:
>"mitch" <mitch@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:00D54457-AFC2-4509-B2B5-061A1FF9D2C9@microsoft.com...
>> how can I delete a computer from my home network. I tried disabling the
>> network drive, but the person's shared docs folder is still there. Help
>> me!!!!
>
>For A Workgroup Network:
>
>Right Click on "My Computer" for the machine that you wish to remove from
>the network.
>Choose Properties
>Select the Computer Name tab
>Hit the Change button
>Change the name of the Workgroup to something different that the actual
>workgroup name used by the rest of the pc's
>
>Click OK, all the way out of all the dialogs and re-boot the computer.
>
>The other computers will still show the removed computer in the Workgroup
>and the removed computer will still show the other pc's for a short period
>of time after this. A re-boot of all the pc's at once can solve this.

I don't think that will do what Mitch wants, Scott. Windows
networking supports multiple workgroups. A computer in any workgroup
can see and access a computer in any other workgroup.

Changing the workgroup name doesn't remove a computer from a network,
and it doesn't remove shortcuts to that computer from My Network
Places on other computers. 

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