Re: Enable/Disable File and Printer Sharing

From: Torgeir Bakken (MVP) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 02/27/04 

Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 01:12:55 +0100

Jon wrote:

> I am looking for a way to enable and disable file and
> printer sharing.

I have never seen a script resolution for this...

> I can install and uninstall the service successfully.
> This doesn't help me. Uninstalling file and print also
> removes the server service.
>
> With file and print services installed but disabled, the
> server service is installed and running. I need this
> specific configuration to be successful.

After you have removed F&PS e.g. with snetcfg.exe, you can
install the server service again, this works for me at least:

Export the registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer

from a machine where the server service is running as it should, to a registry
file with e.g. the name Lanmansvr.reg

Then, on a computer with no server service installed, run the following two
command lines from e.g. a batch file (note that the rundll32 line will wrap in
the newsreader!):

%SystemRoot%\system32\rundll32.exe setupapi.dll,InstallHinfSection Install.ndi
132 %SystemRoot%\Inf\netserv.inf

regedit.exe /s "Lanmansvr.reg" 

--
torgeir
Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of the 1328 page
Scripting Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter

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