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Disable the hidden shares

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by areyes

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How do I permanently disable the hidden Administration shares on Windows 2000 server?

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by the dreamer

Hello Areyes,

In order to permanently disable hidden admin shares, you will need to perform a registry hack as follows:
-Navigate to \HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters.
-Create the DWORD KEY AutoShareServer.
-The Data value for this key must be 0.
-Reboot the server. Once the server's back up, none of the Admin Shares will be present.
For further information, check out Microsoft's Knowledge base article Q288164.

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