I need to restrict users from sharing anything on their computer (there will be some exceptions). I still need the admin shares to work but don't want users sharing out their entire hard drive or music, etc, to everyone. How can I do this? I have a mix of XP, Vista, and Windows 7 machines. Thanks, Stephen

Hi Stephen, If you are a network administrator running on Windows Server machine, you could implement Group Policy to disable file sharing for a user or group. For detailed information, please visit: Enable or Disable File Sharing for a User or Group by Using Group Policy File and Printer Sharing in Windows Vista Best Regards Dale Qiao TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com

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This solution appears to work for Vista clients and above only, what about XP? Also, it appears to only prevent users from sharing out folders within their profile, I want to prevent any share from being created! Anything other ways?

I'm sorry for the late reply. Please refer to the following link to specify the user limit and the visibility of folders within the share: Configure a Network Share Item Best Regards Dale Qiao TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you.