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Whole of C:\ root is shared ! Help
Name: Matthew Cook Date: February 21, 2004 at 05:32:29 Pacific OS: Win XP Pro CPU/Ram: Athlon XP 2700+/512Mb PC2
Comment:
I have two Win XP Pro pc's connected via a wireless router. I have a problem with one of them whereby the root of my C:\ is shared! When I try to 'unshare' it I get the following message...
"This share was created for administrative purposes only. The Share will reappear when the Server service is stopped and restarted or the computer is rebooted. Are you sure you wish to stop sharing C$?"
Anyone have an idea of what service is causing this so I can disable it ?
Name: rrlyon Date: February 22, 2004 at 18:44:35 Pacific
Reply:
This is a default Windows share. It can not be disabled. If you look at the system on the network you will see that this directory is not visible. This window share is not the same as setting a directory share for some one to access. It is an administrative function and while labeled a share that is not what is being provided.
Richard Lyon
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Response Number 2
Name: Matthew Cook Date: February 23, 2004 at 01:05:27 Pacific
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Thanks for the reply. I'm slighty more re-assured. but...
How do I prevent somebody from mapping to it by simply typing in C$ ? (which I have tested and does work)
The reason I ask, is I'm unable to change the permissions of the 'windows share'
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Response Number 3
Name: Matthew Cook Date: February 23, 2004 at 08:52:30 Pacific
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Other comments about this strange problem posted here... http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/22088/
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