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>Hi everybody.
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>Win98. Is there a way to "hide" myself when somebody is resolving hostnames, open ports scanning IP's in a Local Network?? I wish to hide myself (appearing as "Dead" or not resolving my hostname) but finding everybody when i scan for IP's.
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>I renamed the file vnbt.386 to vnbt.bak so nobody can see me on LAN but, i can't resolve any hostnames when i look on LAN when i scan IP's.
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>Is there a way to hide my connected status but still seeing everybody else???.
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>Thanks in advance, pros.
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>Jim.