How to disable Simple File Sharing remote on machines in a WOKRKGROUP

You can still use psexec.  Instead of the username being in the domain\username format, use computername\username.

I did try that, and as long a as the simple file sharing is enabled can't logon

XP Pro, hmmm...got 50 PCs to do it on :-(

Okay, try this and see if it works.  He wrote a script to disable it.

http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/79349/jsi-tip-7286-how-do-i-disable-simple-file-sharing-by-using-the-registry.html

Thanks for looking this up for me!

Please see my customized script and let me if I did it right

@echo off
If {%1}=={} @echo Syntax: NoSFS 10.0.6.94, 10.0.6.95, 10.0.6.96 &goto :EOF
setlocal
:Next
if {%1}=={} endlocal&goto :EOF
set computer=%1
shift
set computer=%computer:"=%
set key="\\%computer%\HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa"
if /i "%computername%" EQU "%computer%" set key="HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa"
@echo reg add %key% /v forceguest /t REG_DWORD /d 00000000 /f
reg add %key% /v forceguest /t REG_DWORD /d 00000000 /f
@echo.
goto :Next

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I don't do a lot of scripting, but it looks fine.  I would say to try it on one or two computers to see if it works.  

Sorry.... I still rely heavily on command line batch files, so I don't usually need to resort to VBScript.

I found a program Multi-Remote-Registry-Changer (or it can be done with Windows command line tool "REG") that can disable the SFS remotely as long as the Firewall is disabled or when it's enabled the File and Printer Sharing exception is allowed

then you need to add this string to your registry

HKLM\system\currentcontrolset\control\Lsa /v ForceGuest /t Reg-Binary /d 0

and it will force no Guest mode on that machine which means the SFS will be disabled