WinXP Pro won't let me turn off sharing on C!

[d1abolic]

When i try to turn it off, it displays the following message:

"Share was created for administrative purposes only. Sharing will be re-enabled when Server is stopped or restarted or when the computer is rebooted"

Anyone wanna tell me what the hell this is and how to get rid of it?

 

[AzNmAnJLH]

did you sign on as admin?

 

[hooj]

yea I get that aswell, even though I have administrative powers

 

[Rallispec]

<< did you sign on as admin? >>



yeah, i *think* its becuase you are signed on as admin-- try setting up a user without admin priveledges and it should be normal.

 

[d1abolic]

Yeah i did. Damn this is really bothering me.

 

[chickendinner]

i dont remeber how i did it but i had the same problem.

EDIT: i went in through safe mode and got it turned off

 

[BooneRebel]

It should also be a reg hack. In NT 4.0 you could kill the administrative shares through the registry...

 

[Derango]

If the share name starts with $, this is normal. it shouldn't be visible to the outside world as a share. Some programs require the drive to be shared. Don't ask me why...it just does 🙂

 

[BooneRebel]

<< If the share name starts with $, this is normal. it shouldn't be visible to the outside world as a share. Some programs require the drive to be shared. Don't ask me why...it just does 🙂 >>

If the share name ends with a $ then it's a hidden share.

 

[Derango]

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<< If the share name starts with $, this is normal. it shouldn't be visible to the outside world as a share. Some programs require the drive to be shared. Don't ask me why...it just does 🙂 >>

If the share name ends with a $ then it's a hidden share. >>



Whoops! Sorry. My mistake.

 

[Vic]

Link

 

[phatcow]

is the share name X$ where x is a drive letter?

it is normal in a NTFS based os for it to be there.... live with it