How to Protect your Files
By jeyel - Tuesday, 22 October 2013
from Other Network Users [ Windows ]
1. Right-click on My Computer on the desktop and select Manage
2. After the Computer Management console loads, expand Shared Folders
3. Select Shares
4. Look at the right side and see if your partitions are shared. It is easy to spot because it will look something like C$ or D$ which is dependent on your computerโs drive letters
If you find one or all of your
partitions there, then youโve got administrative shares. You should
seriously consider disabling it to secure your computer.
Loading the Registry Editor
The best way to do this is to change a value in the registry. Follow the steps below to load the Registry Editor.
1. Press the Start button
2. Select Run
3. Type Regedit in the dialog box
4. Select Ok and the Registry Editor loads afterwards
Disabling administrative shares
In this task, we need to go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanManServer
\Parameters
To get there, please follow the steps below.
1. Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
2. Expand System
3. Expand CurrentControlSet
4. Expand Services
5. Expand LanManServer
6. Select Parameters
7. Look for the REG_DWORD entry named AutoShareWks
8. Double-click on it and change the value to 0
In case the entry AutoShareWks does not exist, do the following:
1. Right-click on the right side of the editor
2. Select New, then DWORD
3. Type AutoShareWks as the name of the entry
4. Check that the value is 0
5. Close the editor
6. Reboot the computer
After rebooting, go back to the
Computer Management console and check the shares again. It should now
look something like the picture below.
Your files are now safe from other network users.
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