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Security hole?

Discussion in 'Windows Security' started by David Sherman, May 19, 2009.

  1. David Sherman

    David Sherman Guest

    I tried to retrofit a "windows XP" machine into a Windows Vista
    machine for the past 2 days. My problems including no sound and no
    modem and a machine that wouldn't boot with a new sound card or an
    external USB device attached to it.

    I can live with the failure of retrofitting.

    But I can't live with the following:

    For some reason , known only to Microsoft and / or Symantec, both
    "vista machines" want to share my music library. The problem is that I
    don't have any shares on either machine.

    The problem also exists when I restored the Windows XP machine.

    I noticed this behavior when I was sitting in a airport waiting for a
    plane. Airport was in a wireless network. Yesterday was wired.

    I wonder what will happen in Windows 7.

    Why does "Vista" automatically search for media libraries to share?
    Does this behavior happen when 2 XP machines are side by side?

    I have NIS 2009 installed on both machines with the installed default
    behavior on both machines?

    Again who is too blame? How do I fix this? (I know, use Linux)

    thanks
     
    David Sherman, May 19, 2009
    #1
  3. Jesper Ravn

    Jesper Ravn Guest

    "David Sherman" <dshermin@ameritech.net> skrev i meddelelsen
    news:vu5515deb4v91ss8gd88ieltsq6cfkd6mh@4ax.com...
    <!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > Again who is too blame? How do I fix this? (I know, use Linux)<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    Please dont take this the wrong way, but are you mentally ill??.

    /Jesper
     
    Jesper Ravn, May 19, 2009
    #2
  4. Michael D. Ober

    Michael D. Ober Guest

    "David Sherman" <dshermin@ameritech.net> wrote in message
    news:vu5515deb4v91ss8gd88ieltsq6cfkd6mh@4ax.com...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    >I tried to retrofit a "windows XP" machine into a Windows Vista
    > machine for the past 2 days. My problems including no sound and no
    > modem and a machine that wouldn't boot with a new sound card or an
    > external USB device attached to it.
    >
    > I can live with the failure of retrofitting.
    >
    > But I can't live with the following:
    >
    > For some reason , known only to Microsoft and / or Symantec, both
    > "vista machines" want to share my music library. The problem is that I
    > don't have any shares on either machine.
    >
    > The problem also exists when I restored the Windows XP machine.
    >
    > I noticed this behavior when I was sitting in a airport waiting for a
    > plane. Airport was in a wireless network. Yesterday was wired.
    >
    > I wonder what will happen in Windows 7.
    >
    > Why does "Vista" automatically search for media libraries to share?
    > Does this behavior happen when 2 XP machines are side by side?
    >
    > I have NIS 2009 installed on both machines with the installed default
    > behavior on both machines?
    >
    > Again who is too blame? How do I fix this? (I know, use Linux)
    >
    > thanks
    ><!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->


    XP will do this as well, but the default is off. Vista has music library
    sharing turned on. To turn this off in Vista, open Control Panel Network
    and Sharing Center and turn off Media sharing. Also, the directory path for
    this sharing is C:\Users\Public. Vista uses the Public "user" for sharing
    with people who don't have accounts on the machine.

    Mike Ober.


    Mike.
     
    Michael D. Ober, May 19, 2009
    #3
  5. David Sherman

    David Sherman Guest

    I may be but if Microsoft decides to share a folder on my machine,
    then I am. Does that mean that someone can "take" music file from my
    machine?

    On Tue, 19 May 2009 21:06:13 +0200, "Jesper Ravn"
    <jesper_ravn@hotmail.com> wrote:
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    >
    >
    >"David Sherman" <dshermin@ameritech.net> skrev i meddelelsen
    >news:vu5515deb4v91ss8gd88ieltsq6cfkd6mh@4ax.com...
    ><!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
    >> Again who is too blame? How do I fix this? (I know, use Linux)<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >
    >Please dont take this the wrong way, but are you mentally ill??.
    >
    >/Jesper <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
     
    David Sherman, May 21, 2009
    #4
  6. Jesper Ravn

    Jesper Ravn Guest

    "David Sherman" <dshermin@ameritech.net> skrev i meddelelsen
    news:27la151jkan2k9grk3humch37c88dmerq3@4ax.com...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    >
    > I may be but if Microsoft decides to share a folder on my machine,
    > then I am. Does that mean that someone can "take" music file from my
    > machine?<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    Hello David

    First, sorry for my rude comment, I misunderstood your question and problem.
    If your Network Location is set to private, you run the risk of sharing your
    media to everyone else on the public network.
    If you set your Network Location to public, media sharing is automatically
    turned off.

    For more information see the link below.
    Privacy and security considerations when sharing media in Windows Media
    Player:


    If you don't need or use the sharing features, I would recommend to turn
    them all off.
    How to Turn Network Discovery On or Off in Vista:
    [11]=Networking
    Internet

    Also see Mike Ober comment.

    /Jesper
     
    Jesper Ravn, May 21, 2009
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