RE: About default sharing folders in Windows

["dschaible" <dschaible () cssiinc com>]

There is a way to kill Administrative Shares, use at your own risk.  I do
this all the time with no ill effects to date.  Of course, I wont guarantee
your useage ;)  I found this tip quite a while ago at:

http://www.jsiinc.com/reghack.htm

This is tip #0096

It works for me on Win2K and WinXP.

Removing Administrative shares.

By default, if you delete the C$, D$, etc.. Administrative shares, they will
be recreated when you reboot. To disable this feature, edit:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters

Double click on AutoShareServer and set it to 0 to disable it for a server.
Double click on AutoShareWks and set it to 0 to disable it for a
workstation.
If the entries are not present, Add Value of type REG_DWORD. The Range is 0
(disable) or 1 (enable - the default). 

HTH
Derek

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jimi Thompson [mailto:jimit () myrealbox com] 
> Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 8:19 PM
> To: netsecurity.guide () about com
> Cc: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: RE: About default sharing folders in Windows
>
>
> > <SNIP>
> >
> > I believe there might be a way in the registry to remove the
> > administrative shares altogether, but whether there is or 
> isn't you need
> > to make sure you have strong passwords for the administrator 
> account and
> > you should assign a strong password to the Guest account even if you
> > keep the account disabled.
> </SNIP> 


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