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Posted 8/4/2010 2:00 AM
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I just found out that I can gain full access to a Windows XP system by simply using \\computername\c$ from a different system on the network.

This shows me the entire contents of the C:\ drive and allows full read/write access. Is there some way to prevent this, aside from disabling file sharing altogether?
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Read "Managing levels of access to shares and to files" in the link below.
How to configure file sharing in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304040


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