enable C$, D$, E$ or disable C$, D$, E$ (root of each partition) enable ADMIN$ or disable ADMIN$ (%WINDIR%) enable IPC$ or disable IPC$ enable PRINT$ or disable PRINT$ enable NETLOGON to use the administrative shares Step by step : Start > Run > type “regedit” (without the quotes) > press Enter Browse to HKLM > System > CurrentControlSet > Services > lanmanserver > parameters Restore Administrative Shares and enable administrative shares : Change the value of AutoShareServer to 1 Change the value of AutoShareWks to 1 To disable administrative shares : Change the value of AutoShareServer to 0 Change the value of AutoShareWks to 0 If you didn’t find the AutoShareServer and AutoShareWks, you need to create one by doing the following : Right click on empty space on the right pane of regedit > New > DWORD value Name it AutoShareServer and put in the value you want (0 to disable, 1 to enable) Do the same for AutoShareWks net stop server net start server