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Remove C$ share permanently

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by edwin punzalan

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Hi. My laptop computer is pre-installed a Windows 2000 Professional. The OS is great because I don't get the usual "blue screen of death" in my previous Windows 98 desktop. However, most of my colleagues can open my C$ because my password is very much known. So what I always do is remove the C$ share upon startup.

Is there a way to permanently remove the C$ share so I won't have to remove it every I boot up?

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by curlergirl

In order to connect to the C$ share, your user ID must have administrative permissions to the laptop. I'd recommend changing the permissions for the user ID that you use every day (the one where everyone knows the password) by removing it from the Administrators group and putting it instead in the Power Users group. Then, make sure that the password for the local Administrator account on the machine is a new one that is secure and hard to guess. This gives you access to admin level rights when you need them - Win2K is smart enough (usually) to ask for a password if you try to do something that uses admin rights while logged on with a non-admin password - but prevents anyone else from using your common user ID and password to get to the C$ share on your machine. Hope this helps!

by chriske911

networking properties, uncheck sharing files and printers, the admin shares are no longer available, offcourse any other share you have made is no longer available,

by rojiru

I found this to be a problem myself, as anyone with admin privs can access your hd over the network. I found the solution in a Tech Republic article a couple of weeks ago. You need to open regedit to create these keys as follows. One thing that found to be untrue is the note about win2k. This didn't work, until I added both keys to the registry. Be very careful about working in the registry, as mistake can have very frustrating effects on your day to say the least.

Create values for AutoShareServer and AutoShareWks:

In the registry, locate the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters

On the Edit menu, click Add Value .

Type AutoShareServer , click REG_DWORD , and then click OK .

Type 0 , and then click OK .

On the Edit menu, click Add Value .

Type AutoShareWks , click REG_DWORD , and then click OK .

Type 0 , and then click OK .

Note: Sometimes the values are already present, especially after use of a policy that affects these entries. In addition, on Windows 2000 you are not required to add the AutoShareWks value.

Quit the registry, and then restart the computer.

Enjoy!

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