Re: Windows XP--Drives Shared By Default--A Security Risk?
From: NoNoBadDog! (mypants_bjsledgeATpixi.com)
Date: 08/16/04
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Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 23:40:01 -1000
If you click on it it tells you they are Administrative Shares only.
Bobby
"Brian Bell" <no@email.com> wrote in message
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>I recently did a fresh install of Win XP Prof and installed SP2 on top of
> it. Just as with Win2k, I noticed that Windows XP has sharing enabled by
> default. I right clicked on my hard drives and found that both were
> automatically set up as shares.
>
> Isn't this a security risk? Does everyone have access to my drives? I
> went to disable it and it said something to the effect of "this share was
> set up for administrative purposes only and will be re-enabled when you
> restart your computer."
>
> Of course, I don't like the idea of everything I have being shared with
> everyone in the world, so I went into Services and disabled Server.
>
> With the new security emphasis of Microsoft, I can't imagine they'd open
> up
> your computer to everyone in the world. So, am I right that my stuff was
> accessible to all, or am I wrong? Was disabling the Server service
> necessary or not?
>
> Thanks.
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