The default Control newsgroups that are installed with the Microsoft Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) service that is included with Internet Information Server (IIS) version 4.0 are visible by default. This article provides steps to hide those newsgroups.

To hide the default NNTP newsgroups from users:

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Set the permissions on the appropriate folder: a. Select the Control folder, which is located by default in the following folder: %SystemRoot%\Inetpub\Nntpfile\Root b. Right-click the Control folder, and then click Properties. Click the Security tab, and then click Permissions. c. In the Directory Permissions dialog box, click the Everyone group in the Name list. Under Type of Access, click No Access.NOTE: If you allow anonymous access to the NNTP server, you must also set the permissions to No Access for IUSR_server_name (where server_name is the name of the IIS server that is running the Microsoft NNTP service) to hide these newsgroups from anonymous users. d. Click OK, and then click Yes.

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Enable the Restrict newsgroup visibility option:NOTE: If you enable the Restrict newsgroup visibility option, you add processing overhead according to the NNTP services Help. a. On the Start menu, click Programs, and then click Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack. b. Click Microsoft Internet Information Server, and then click Internet Service Manager. c. Start Microsoft Management Console (MMC), right-click the Default NNTP Site object, and then click Properties. d. In the Default NNTP Site properties, click the Home Directory tab. Under Access restrictions, click Restrict newsgroup visibility. Click Apply, and then click OK to save the changes.

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