Seeing other peoples shares on network

I do not know where to post this topicbut here goes. I can log into a Windows 2008 R2 active directory, but when I do the server that has all of the users shares "folder" I see them all and access them all. Is there a way to stop this?

When looking at the finder prefs under sidebar/shared section I unchecked: Back to My Mac, Connected Servers and Bonjour computers. I then did not see the servers anymore, but what is to stop a user from renabling them again? I do have it where other users can no longer see the other users folders, so they cannot peek inside them anymore.

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    Thanks in advance.
    iMac G5   Mac OS X (10.4.4)  

    In the US, broadband companies learned early on that they needed to filter out traffic between nodes. When broadband users here click Network, they will not see their neighbors' computers.
    If you are connected wirelessly, however, you may be seeing other people on your network if you haven't locked it down.
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    The fact that you are seeing other computers just means that the Mac is aware of them, not that they're doing anything malicious. You can't "delete" them or kick them off because you're all on the same network.
    I'm surprised your ISP hasn't filtered out this kind of traffice from node to node.

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    At my uni (last time I checked was a few months ago, before Leopard), computers sharing iTunes music with Bonjour would just show up automatically in the "shared" list over the network, so I assume that with the new Finder all Bonjour computers would show up in Finder's shared list. (My home Macs share using Bonjour, and they both just show up in the Finder sidebar). Of course you would need permission to access their shared folders (i.e. their username and password). I believe you also need to turn on "File Sharing" in the Sharing pane of System Preferences.

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  • New Router- Internet OK, but cannot see other machines on the network with Windows Explorer

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  • Please help! Why are other people on my Network?

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    Hi Jerkzilla,
    Welcome to the forum.
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    If other users on the same network as you have Sharing enabled, you will still be able to see them but they will not be able to see you.
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  • I can't see other Macs on my network.

    I cannot see other Macs running OS X 10.7 (Lion) on my network in the sidebar of the finder. When I had Snow Leopard my friend could see me but I could not see him. I have tried enabling file sharing, but still nothing, and this was not enabled on Snow Leopard anyway. This is really confusing me.
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  • I can't see others machines in my network

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    PS: Sorry for my English :(

    I mean that I always can to access shared files and folder's other machines in my network. The problem is:
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    click Network and Internet,
    and then click Network and Sharing Center.
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    If I write "\\Example" in Explorer I can't see shared folders of Example machine, but if I write the IP I can. 
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  • Cannot see other PCs on the network

    I'm using Leopard 10.5.6 on the new Macbook connected to the internet via Belkin router. the problem is I cannot see the other machines on the network which normally can be seen when i was using a PC.
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    additional information, sometimes, i was able to but see sometimes i wasn't, depends on my luck.
    router ip 192.168.2.1
    target PC 192.168.2.2
    pls help.
    thanks in advance and sorry for my bad English

    Pisit wrote:
    I'm using Leopard 10.5.6 on the new Macbook connected to the internet via Belkin router. the problem is I cannot see the other machines on the network which normally can be seen when i was using a PC.
    Welcome to Apple Discussions:
    I've already turned my SMB in System Pref/Sharing
    That won't do anything. That only allows sharing From Mac To PC.
    additional information, sometimes, i was able to but see sometimes i wasn't, depends on my luck.
    Maverick says Luck has nothing to do with it
    router ip 192.168.2.1
    target PC 192.168.2.2
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    That usually takes care of it.
    pls help.
    thanks in advance and sorry for my bad English

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