Does anyone know if it is possible to disable the IPC$ share on Server 2003 domain controllers and 2008 File, Print and App servers? Information is rather sparse on the net about this.....I am supposed to look into doing this for security purposes, however, I am concerned that there will be fallout after doing this.....Nate

Does anyone know if it is possible to disable the IPC$ share on Server 2003 domain controllers and 2008 File, Print and App servers? If you disable the ipc$ share, WINDOWS will automatically re-enable it upon next boot. So, you can set a batch file to start up with your system to take care of that. The command to use is: net share ipc$ /delete This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights.

Do you know what adverse effects this may have?Nate

The IPC$ is a hidden share maintained by the Server service (Disabling the service will remove the share). The IPC$ share is used for Inter Proces Communication by using RPC (Remote Procedure Call), allowing the client to send different commands to the server: List all shares List all users List files within a share Stop/Start services ... Reference: http://smallvoid.com/article/winnt-ipc-share.html Based on that you can see what will be the effect of disabling a such share. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights.

Hi, You can also refer to the link http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314984 for more information about admin share. Hope it helps.This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

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Sorry about not replying sooner. Everything worked out as you had mentioned above. I appreciate the responses.Nate