Thread: Antivirus update service

Hello.

I am using Windows XP SP3 on my desktop computer. What is Administrative Share and how can it be disabled? If disabled, will it also disable Windows Automatic Update services and antivirus updates?

Hello.

The Administrative Shares are the default network shares created by all Windows NT-based operating systems (NT/2000/XP/2003). These default settings share every hard drive partition in the system and are represented by a dollar ($) sign after the share name to make them invisible on the network. These shares will allow anyone who can authenticate as a member of the local Administrators group of that computer to i;j.ccess the root directory of every hard drive on the system. You can disable these default shares by right-clicking on each drive and selecting the 'Sharing' tab. Here, enable sharing and then disable it again. Save the settings and the share will be disabled. This option will not disturb the Windows' automatic updates or antivirus updates. You can also disable the shares by turning--off the 'Client for Microsoft Networks' protocol in the network settings tabof the network adapter's Properties dialog.