HEELPBOOK - HOW TO DISABLE ADMINISTRATIVE SHARES ON WINDOWS (XP - VISTA - SEVEN - 8 - SERVER) ##################

If you ever try to stop sharing ADMIN$ (C:\Windows) you find yourself seeing that this same share is available after restart. To permanently disable administrative shares:

* ADMIN$ - (C:\Windows)
* C$ - (C:\)

You need to edit Registry...

########### FOR NT 4.0/W2K/WINDOWS SERVER 2003

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanManServer\Parameters

* Name: AutoShareServer
* Data Type: REG_DWORD
* Value: 0


########### FOR NT 4.0 WORKSTATION/W2K PRO/XP PRO/SEVEN/8

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanManServer\Parameters

* Name: AutoShareWks
* Data Type: REG_DWORD
* Value: 0

If you can't find the value in the registry under the exact location, value must be created:
Right click in the right pane of the window > New > DWORD Value and leave the default value, so 0 (Zero).

Some applications depend on the presence of these shares. To re-enable the shares simply change value to 1.

############ ARTICLE INFO #############

Article Month: February
Article Date: 27/02/2013
Permalink: http://heelpbook.altervista.org/2013/how-to-disable-administrative-shares-on-windows-xp-vista-seven-8-server/
Source: http://msforge.net/blogs/mcpblog/archive/2009/03/06/how-to-disable-admin.aspx
Language: English

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