altering the OS

I would like to know if there is any means to nuke whatever mechanism in XP Pro that allows it to resurrect components I delete upon restart of my PC? For example:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314984

Here it states that "Hidden administrative shares that are created by the computer (such as ADMIN$ and C$) can be deleted, but the computer re-creates them after you stop and restart the Server service or restart your computer. "

Is there registry modification or some other means to permanently terminate whatever code this is that is overruling me?

 

Try editing the value of this registry key to 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\
CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\
Parameters\AutoShareServer

 

Thanks! I will give it a try. Hopefully, it will put a stop to the merrygoround of me disabling or uninstalling FAX$, IPC$, index.dat, etc., only to see my work undone when I turn back on the PC. Nerve-grating!

By the way, I already managed to uninstall all the server junk I could find already, so I hope that will not adversely affect your suggestion.

 

These functions that you are eliminating are in the OS to enable corporate IT administration of networks and domains. They enable things like remote updates. Sometimes applications, as well as hackers, take advantage of these capabilities for their own purposes.

Make sure you keep a record of your changes, so that you can undo them if something stops working that you decide later is in fact useful and you want to get it back.

Registry backups are a good idea.