Security tips Windows XP

Two security tips for Windows XP:

1. Disable administrative shares:

Modify the key

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters]

by adding or modifying the value:

"AutoShareWks"=dword:00000000 .

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2. Disable remote registry access:

Method 1: Go to Start->Run and type services.msc and then find Remote Registry service, right click it and choose Properties, then change under Startup type the value to Disabled. You can also stop the service right away.

Method 2: Disable Remote Registry service using the sc command:

sc stop RemoteRegistry
sc config RemoteRegistry start= disabled

Set the default back with:

sc config RemoteRegistry start= auto
sc start RemoteRegistry