Re: Windows NT file sharing

From: Colin Nash [MVP] (x_at_x)
Date: 06/30/05 

Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 18:52:13 -0400

"Twas" <twas@anon.postalias> wrote in message
news:C4827A37-8774-4864-92A4-D80E7BB60919@microsoft.com...
> Yes, I know Windows NT is archaic, unsupported, insecure, inferior to
> Windows
> XP, etc. However, one of my users has a Windows NT 4.0 sp6 Workstation
> system, and I'm stuck with it. A security scan said file sharing was
> enabled
> on her system. The only share I can find is IPC$. How can I disable (or
> kill)
> file sharing on a Windows NT system, either for IPC$ or for the entire
> system?
>
> thanks
> --
> Twas

You could stop + disable the Server service.

Of course, test to make sure you don't need it for anything =) 

-- 
Colin Nash
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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