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Remove windows 7 CD/DVD-ROM automatic hidden shares ?



 
 
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Old June 7th 10, 08:24 AM posted to microsoft.public.security,microsoft.public.win32.programmer.networks,microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing,microsoft.public.windows.vista.security
Vilius Mockunas
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Default 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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Old June 7th 10, 01:02 PM posted to microsoft.public.security,microsoft.public.win32.programmer.networks,microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing,microsoft.public.windows.vista.security
Shenan Stanley
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Default 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.

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Shenan Stanley
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