How do I turn Password Protected Sharing on or off programmatically?

Question

Windows Vista and 7 has this switch in Network and Sharing Center. It\'s on by default, and that prevents unauthenticated access to shares even if they\'re shared with Every

Answer 1

Take a look at this file (disable_password_protected_sharing.bat)

@echo off
echo 12- get sid gust variable
for /f "delims= " %%a in ('"wmic useraccount where name='guest' get sid"') do (
       if not "%%a"=="SID" (          
          set sid_guest=%%a
          goto :loop_end
       )   
    )

:loop_end

echo 13- create script for regini
@echo \Registry\Machine\SECURITY [1 5 7 11 17 21]> x
@echo \Registry\Machine\SECURITY\policy [1 5 7 11 17 21]>> x
@echo \Registry\Machine\SECURITY\policy\accounts [1 5 7 11 17 21]>> x
@echo \Registry\Machine\SECURITY\policy\accounts\%sid_guest% [1 5 7 11 17 21]>> x
@echo \Registry\Machine\SECURITY\policy\accounts\%sid_guest%\ActSysAc [1 5 7 11 17 21]>> x

echo 14- add permission for machine/security
net user guest /active:yes
regini x
del x
@echo Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 > y.reg
@echo [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SECURITY\Policy\Accounts\%sid_guest%\ActSysAc] >> y.reg
@echo @=hex(0):41,00,00,00 >> y.reg
reg import y.reg
del y.reg

echo Windows will now reboot.
Pause

shutdown -r

it works fine in windows7