Is it ok to disable hidden share?

Hi,
I like to disable hidden shares from windows 2000 and 2003 server such as
C$, e$, D$ etc. Can I do that ?

Thanks

Hi,

It depends on your environment (what is running on this server, services and
other applications that you run in your environment). You will most likely
have to test things out and see if anything that you might be using stops
working.

There are some services and application that will stop working if you do
that. E.g. push installation of different software packages (e.g. anti
virus) will not work if you disable administrative shares.

What are you trying to solve with this if I may ask? There might be other
(better?) options for what you are trying to achieve.

--
Mike
Microsoft MVP - Windows Security

"Mitesh Patel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:A7502B5F-58E5-470E-A19D-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
> I like to disable hidden shares from windows 2000 and 2003 server such as
> C$, e$, D$ etc. Can I do that ?
>
> Thanks

Hi Miha,
Thanks for your reply, I was just worry about my network users might know
how to access C$ or e$ drive and they can delete files. But now I know only
domain admin can access these hidden shares so I am not worry about.
Thanks once again.

Mitesh


"Miha Pihler [MVP]" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> It depends on your environment (what is running on this server, services and
> other applications that you run in your environment). You will most likely
> have to test things out and see if anything that you might be using stops
> working.
>
> There are some services and application that will stop working if you do
> that. E.g. push installation of different software packages (e.g. anti
> virus) will not work if you disable administrative shares.
>
> What are you trying to solve with this if I may ask? There might be other
> (better?) options for what you are trying to achieve.
>
> --
> Mike
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Security
>
> "Mitesh Patel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:A7502B5F-58E5-470E-A19D-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi,
> > I like to disable hidden shares from windows 2000 and 2003 server such as
> > C$, e$, D$ etc. Can I do that ?
> >
> > Thanks
>
>
>