Set the forceguest value to 0, instead of 1.
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"Spikie304" > wrote in message ...
> Doug Thank you for helping out. But i want to disable simple file sharing and
> make the tab appear... i other words what is the reverse of the action you
> discribed
>
> "Doug Knox MS-MVP" wrote:
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>> To make the change from the registry, open regedit and browse to:
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>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Lsa
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>> Edit the ForceGuest REG_DWORD and change the value to decimal 1. Close the registry editor and the Security tab will be hidden again. The REG file to do this would be
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>> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
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>> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Lsa]
>> "forceguest"=dword:00000001
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>> And could be imported by running REGEDIT /S <path to regfile\regfile.reg> as part of startup. The /S switch makes it happen with no user intervention. However, this would have to be done at a point in startup where the system is running under System credentials, and not a limited or Power User credentials, as they don't have the necessary permissions to make this change.
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>> Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security
>> Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
>> http://www.dougknox.com
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>> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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>> "Spikie304" > wrote in message ...
>> >I am a new network admin at a firm and I am limited by what the past admins
>> > have done, for now! I need to disable the simple file sharing on all 100
>> > computers, and would like to avoid walking to each one and unchecking the
>> > box. Does anybody know the reg value I should change so I can script it into
>> > the start up or, where it is hiddin in the security templates so I can mass
>> > deploy it or, any other ideas.
>>