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Remove windows 7 CD/DVD-ROM automatic hidden shares ?
Hello,
I like things to be shaded only when I want to. So I was always removing automatic shares using these instructions: "To remove administrative shares without letting Win2K recreate them every time you reboot the system, you need to edit the registry. Start regedit and go to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\lanmanserver\parameters subkey. From the Edit menu, select New, DWORD Value to create the new values AutoShareServer and AutoShareWks; set each value's data to 0 (i.e., false). Next, go to each drive, right-click, and select Sharing. Then, select Do not share this folder. Then restart server service." This works on windows 7 too (for disk drive and admin shares). The problem is that CD/DVD devices are also shared as hidden shares in windows 7, and workaround above doesn't disable these. How do I disable automatic hidden CD/DVD shares in windows 7 ? thanks Vilius |
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Remove windows 7 CD/DVD-ROM automatic hidden shares ?
Vilius Mockûnas wrote:
I like things to be shaded only when I want to. So I was always removing automatic shares using these instructions: "To remove administrative shares without letting Win2K recreate them every time you reboot the system, you need to edit the registry. Start regedit and go to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\lanmanserver\parameters subkey. From the Edit menu, select New, DWORD Value to create the new values AutoShareServer and AutoShareWks; set each value's data to 0 (i.e., false). Next, go to each drive, right-click, and select Sharing. Then, select Do not share this folder. Then restart server service." This works on windows 7 too (for disk drive and admin shares). The problem is that CD/DVD devices are also shared as hidden shares in windows 7, and workaround above doesn't disable these. How do I disable automatic hidden CD/DVD shares in windows 7 ? Isn't it easier to just not allow any exceptions in your Windows Firewall? No mucking around in any registry settings, etc. Simple, works great. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |