Disable Administrator's Share
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Legend CautionIncreased Networking SpeedIncreased Networking Speed
Difficulty/Time Intermediate/5 minutes
Operating Systems NT
Download Disable Administrator's Share on NT Workstation
Additional Software None
What Stop the Administrator's share from being shared on startup.
Why To prevent administrators and domain administrators from accessing local hard drives on your system without you seting up any specific shares.
How
Registry Key Default Setting Recommended Setting
AutoShareServer(NT Server) 1 0
AutoShareWks(NT Workstation) 1 0

You can download the registry patch above or manually edit the registry. Edit the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters.

On NT Server add the following key AutoShareServer with the REG_DWORD value of 0.
On NT Workstation add the following key AutoShareWks with the REG_DWORD value of 0.
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