Domain policy simple file sharing

Windows XP Professional-based computers that are joined to a domain use only the classic file sharing and security interface. When you use the Simple File Sharing UI that is located in the folder's properties , both share and file permissions are configured.

Wouldn't this mean that you don't need to do anything when in a domain environment? The content you requested has been removed. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Since sharing most folders requires administrator privileges, you can prevent most sharing by configuring your users to run with standard user accounts.

Standard users can only share folders within their profile and that can be prevents using the setting:. This will leave administrative shares enabled which is a good idea in general. To eliminate sharing completely, you can remove the component from the network card components or disable the 'Server' service. You can use this procedure to enable or disable a user's ability to share files within his or her profile. A member of the Administrators or Network Configuration Operators group can enable or disable network sharing.

This Group Policy setting affects only the users or groups to which it is applied, and prevents that user or group from sharing their folders even if folder sharing is enabled at the computer level.

By default, this setting is not configured. If you enable this setting, users will not be able to share files within their profile. Membership in the local Administrators group, or equivalent, is the minimum required to complete this procedure. To enable or disable file sharing for a user or group by using Group Policy 1. To do so, click Start, and then in the Start Search box, type gpmc. In the details pane, double-click Prevent users from sharing files within their profile.

Click OK to save your changes. Hi Balwan,. To disable Sharing, as the above suggestions, you can use the policy "Prevent users from sharing files within their profile".

To disable Security, you can consider using this policy:. If you enable this setting, users opening the Properties dialog box for all file system objects, including folders, files, shortcuts, and drives, will not be able to access the Security tab. As a result, users will be able to neither change the security settings nor view a list of all users that have access to the resource in question.

Hope it helps. You can try to use a script to delete the following key to remove the Sharing tab:. The setting described above to prevent users from sharing files within their profile can be configured in an AD based GPO and deployed using your domain controller. To disable simple file sharing as explained in KB , follow these steps:. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options — View.

This method works just fine, but I wanted to disable simple file sharing on machines that had already been deployed, without any end user interaction. I figured the easiest way to do this was to edit the registry on the remote machines. KB explains that the registry value that needs to be changed to disable simple file sharing is:. Change the value from 1 simple file sharing enabled to 0 simple file sharing disabled.

Please note that if you are running Windows XP Home, you will not have the option to disable simple file sharing through Windows Explorer unless you boot to safe mode.

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