I recently deployed Windows Server 2008 R2 and configured two DFS roots (one called DFS$ and one called IT$). When I browse the domain to see whether they are 'visible': \\DOMAIN.NAME\ they do not show up. This is correct behaviour as far as I am concerned. But when I map a drive letter to one of these shares, Windows Explorer is showing the name of the hidden share. This is surely INCORRECT. For example, I open Windows Explorer and I can see: IT$ (\\DOMAIN.NAME) (Z:) How can I turn off this display of hidden share information in Windows Explorer? I know we used to do this years ago with Windows XP and Server 2003 DFS and it hid the info correctly, but now I even see this sort of excessive information display in Windows XP Explorer too!