Re: shared folders

From: David H. Lipman (DLipman~nospam~_at_Verizon.Net)
Date: 11/14/04

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    Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 01:18:32 GMT

    They are administrative shares created by the OS.

    They can be disabled by editing the Registry but I don't remember the Registry branch and
    key. :-(

    Dave

    "Christo" <chris@juststuff.co.uk> wrote in message news:2vngk5F2nlaitU1@uni-berlin.de...
    | i have went through the following process
    |
    | control panel > admin tools > computer management
    |
    | shared folders > shares
    |
    | the list shows this
    |
    | ADMIN$ C:\WINDOWS
    |
    | it also shows in the comment section "Remote Admin"
    |
    | there is also
    |
    | C$ C:\
    |
    | this shows up as default share
    |
    | and finally IPC$ with no location it shows up as remote IPC
    |
    | are these security holes, specifically the Remote admin, i have not
    | specified this at all, could someone tell me how to remove it please if it
    | is a problem?
    |
    | there are no options in computer management console to disable or delete
    | this share
    |
    | any help would be much appreciated!
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    | MSI KT6V
    | AMD Athlon XP2600+
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