You can
stop sharing IPC$ temporarily, but Windows will recreate the share
the next time you restart.
??? print$ is used to exchange printer driver files when you share a
printer. You should leave this share intact.
??? wwwroot$ will be present if Microsoft??™s Internet Information
Server (IIS) software is installed. Leave this share intact if you want
to use your computer as a web server or a web software development
platform.
9. When you??™re done, restart Windows, then reopen the Computer Management
tool to make sure the administrative shares are gone for good.
The preceeding solution is sometimes met with skepticism among those
who don??™t see administrative shares as a security threat. After all, these hidden
shares are there for legitimate reasons; namely, to allow network administrators
to install software, run Disk Defragmenter, access the Registry, or
perform other maintenance on a PC remotely.
Administrative shares are required for the Previous Versions
feature to work, as described in ???Go Back in Time with
Restore Points and Shadow Copies,??? in Chapter 6. Turn off
administrative shares, and the Previous Versions tab of any
file??™s Properties window will be empty.
If you??™re on the fence, go to another PC on your network and perform a little
experiment. Type the UNC path from the beginning of this section into
Windows Explorer??™s address bar, and press Enter to see what happens.
Now, consider that user accounts in Vista don??™t have passwords by default,
and remember that Windows passwords can be cracked with a variety of
methods, and you??™ll see the problem.
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