Re: Implications of Uninstalling Server Service?

It's perfectly OK to disable the service if you wish. I do that on my own laptop. However, uninstalling it is untested, unsupported, and not even documented -- in other words, I don't know of any way to do it.

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Steve Riley
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"Roger Abell [MVP]" <mvpNoSpam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:O88VVc17GHA.4620@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Well, unbinding F&P will meet your objective of preventing
them from sharing those; but of course, if they could share
them then they would be empowered to bind F&P back on
to the interface (or to start the Server service)
With the Server service not present or not started they would
not be able to browse. I have seen corps that do intentionally
want browse of neighborhood to not work.
Anyway, RPC is not impacted and I have not seen Server
service not installed, just disabled but installed.


"Will" <westes-usc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Roger Abell [MVP]" <mvpNoSpam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:OSKqNMs7GHA.4620@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> You speak of uninstalling F&P service, and also of uninstalling
>> Server service, but I am again wondering whether you mean
>> uninstall, or just unchecking (i.e. not binding) in the interface
>> properties. Obviously if Server service is gone then all of the
>> dependents are crippled (which, IIRC includes browser, which
>> seems odd at first until one thinks into how browser operates).
>
> The Subject line here was my error. I mean uninstalling not unchecking
> the
> "File and Print Sharing" item in the list of items for each interface.
>
> I had (maybe wrongly) assumed that uninstalling this item would in fact
> uninstall the Server service, but I'm not sure and I am just checking.
>
> On some machines we don't want users sharing any part of the file system
> or
> any printer attached to the computer.
>
> --
> Will
>
>

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