Disable Sharing of Documents and Remote Desktop In XP

Disable Shared Documents

Added 11/23/02

To disable the Shared Documents folder that shows up on the network

1. Start Regedit

2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer \

3. Create a new DWORD Value

4. Give it the name NoSharedDocuments

5. Give it a value of 1

6. Log off or reboot

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Disable the Remote Desktop Sharing (RDS) icon's menu

Submitted 11/23/02

To Disable the Remote Desktop Sharing (RDS) icon's menu:

1. Start regedit.exe
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Conferencing\Mcpt
3. Create a new string value (Click on Edit > New > String Value).
4. Name the value Nx
5. Double-click on it and set it's value to 1
6. Close the registry

Now the menu options will be grayed out.