One can stop this announcement / broadcasting by adding this DWORD value in the registry:
One can also configure the machine not to show on the network using command line:[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SYSTEM \CurrentControlSet \Services \LanmanServer \Parameters]
Hidden = 1
Note it may take up to half an hour before being removed from the browser list and become invisible in the Network Neighborhood/My Network Places.net config server /hidden:yes
Related Make your network shares hidden
More Info MS KB265284
More Info MS KB314498
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