An administrative share is created by the Windows operating system when there are multiple computers connected in the network. Administrators and computer support technicians need to access other networked computers and manage their services.
An administrative share was created to allow this remote access for operations such as backing up or configuring print settings. These are hidden shares of a logical hard disk. They are different from normal shared folders/folders because they remain hidden and can only be accessed with administrator privileges on the machine.
You can recognize an administrative share when a drive letter or folder name with a ‘$’ sign is attached at the end. Example: Shared C drive is ‘C$’. The operating system creates hidden “administrative shares” for all logical drives with a dollar appended to the end (C$;D$…). It also creates a hidden admin$ share for the default Windows or system root folder, which is ADMIN$. Other common administrative shares are the IPC$, PRINT$, and FAX$ shares.
You can view your shared folders by going to Start > Run > typing fsmgmt.msc > Shared Folders
Drives can be hidden, and although only someone with an administrator account can access them, that doesn’t eliminate the risk of intrusion. For home users, this feature may not be very useful and thus turning it off is a better option to provide an extra layer of security from online intruders and malware attacks.
You can disable them temporarily by right-clicking on the shared folder and selecting – Stop Sharing.
Disabling or deleting admin shares is not a permanent solution as they are regenerated by default on reboot. To permanently disable them so they don’t get recreated on the next reboot you have to fall back with a registry hack. Backup your registry (always a wise precaution) and follow the steps mentioned in this article.
Disabling administrative sharing in older versions of Windows makes sense because although the files may not be visible on the network, they can be easily accessed by browsing to \\hostname\c$ from a remote machine. Windows Vista and Windows 7 tightened it up by turning it off by default. You need to make registry changes in these operating systems to enable it for use on the network.
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