What setting in Windows 8.1 is causing the automatic mapping of several shared folders named media? 

I work in a university environment with staff, faculty, and students using wired and wireless networks.  I have a user with a Surface Pro 3 that has started to automatically map, what seems like random addresses on the wireless network, to file shares named media.  When I setup these computers for the users I always have the media sharing turned off and I've never had cause to use it myself so I'm only a little familiar with what the settings do.  I've tried to change my own settings to reproduce the problem but I can't seem to find the correct setting so that I can reverse it.  Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks,

• Edited by Pete de Pistola Wednesday, February 04, 2015 9:36 PM

Hi Pete de Pistola,

If your machine keeps reconnecting to a map drive, from driver path you should be able to track down which machine is shearing folder. Also since it is a Wifi network we wonder if users could use their own device which is not configured by administrator.

As I know to prevent file sharing, group policy might be the only option.

Enable or disable File Sharing with Group Policy

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754359(WS.10).aspx

Regards