Re: Admin Share

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From: NETCRAMMER (netcrammer_at_gmail.com)
Date: 02/24/05 

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 12:29:43 -0500

stopping ther server service seems to remove these shares. what kind of
problems would
stopping the server service create?

-NET

"Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvps.AMorg> wrote in message
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> "NETCRAMMER" <netcrammer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > The following shares are on my pc.
> > ADMIN$
> > C$
> > IPC$
> >
> > do these pose a security risk?
>
> Yes. They are well known.
>
> > and how can I disable them?
>
> You can't permanently. As soon as you reboot the machine they're
recreated.
>
> > or will this affect the OS to function properly if removed?
>
> Question is moot. ;-)
>
> --
> Walter Clayton
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>

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