Just after upgrading to the new Windows 10 anniversary update, I'm having problems with my network shares going offline after computer restarts and hibernation. The shared folders that I have set up are hidden/administrative type shares with the $ symbol at the end of the share name. After a...
Various books and websites advise getting rid of certain administrative shares (usually FAX$ ,IPC$, & PRINT$) to better secure the OS. I've tried several ways to uninstall or disable, but every time I turn off the PC, these shares return. After a lot of searching, I found this explanation.
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Severity Rating: Moderate - Revision Note: V1.0 (October 12, 2010): Bulletin published.Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Windows shared cluster disks. The vulnerability could allow data tampering on the administrative shares of failover cluster disks...
Bulletin Severity Rating:Moderate - This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Windows shared cluster disks. The vulnerability could allow data tampering on the administrative shares of failover cluster disks. By default, Windows Server 2008 R2 servers are not affected...
I have networked with full shares with all 5 pcs. This whole homegroup/workgroup mess is solved for me.What I was attempting to do is network all 5 pcs with administrative shares, but like many others, I was having issues with the 7 seeing and accessing the XP boxes. I have 2 xp, 2 vista, and 1...