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NetWatch error 2461

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by andersonrog

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This error occured upon attempting to disconnect an unwelcome visitor. I successfully disconnected this same visitor in prior visits including within the immediate 2 minutes prior to this attempt. Assuminig this was someone with administrator priviledges, could he/she edit my Netwatch control to prevent me from breaking the connection?

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by dmiles

No,this person cannot break the connection and it is obvious you are concerned about security.
This IPC or interprocess communications mechanism is part of most protocol stacks
It opens a name pipe socket for communications between server modes.Ifboth are running the server service for workgroup connectivity,this is normal.
If you browse the network,even your NT servers will be opening a IPC$.

by andersonrog

Clarification please. This is a Windows 98 system that does not have Remote Administration enabled. However, now and then I check and find to my surprise, Remote Administration enabled! What is happening to enable this when I know for a fact thatI have disabled it and immediately executed a shutdown and cold boot?

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