I have a computer that the hard drive is shared on. I've now pick up a wireless network at work that is much faster than my dial up(can you say good by dialup) and want to unshare the hard drive. I thought I could just go and check unshare somewhere but that doesn't work. Your help would be appreciated. TIA Pete

From the command prompt type "net share" without the quotes. This will list all of your shares. C$, Admin$, and IPC$ are standard administrative shares. Example; If you have a share named junk. To stop sharing junk type the following from the command prompt.

net share junk /DELETE
then press enter. To verify it is gone, type "net share" again to list your shares. This will not delete the data, only stop sharing.

If you don't like working from the command prompt, you can right click on "My computer" then select manage. then do the following.

Expand System tools.
Expand Shared Folders
Expand Shares

All your shares will be listed in the right hand pane. Right click on the share you want to stop, and select "stop sharing"

You may need to be logged in as Administrator to have permission to do that.

From the command prompt type "net share" without the quotes. This will list all of your shares. C$, Admin$, and IPC$ are standard administrative shares. Example; If you have a share named junk. To stop sharing junk type the following from the command prompt.

net share junk /DELETE
then press enter. To verify it is gone, type "net share" again to list your shares. This will not delete the data, only stop sharing.

If you don't like working from the command prompt, you can right click on "My computer" then select manage. then do the following.

Expand System tools.
Expand Shared Folders
Expand Shares

All your shares will be listed in the right hand pane. Right click on the share you want to stop, and select "stop sharing"

I am a little uncomfortable messing at the command line level so I tried the other approach and when I right click on the the shared drive "pete" I get refresh or help no "stop sharing". Do I get to the command line by restarting and pressing the F8 button? This is a list of my current shares:
Admin$
C$
CPETE
IPC$
print$
TIA Pete

You do not right click the share inside of explorer. You do the following.

Right click "my computer" then select manage.

Expand System tools.
Expand Shared Folders
Expand Shares

All your shares will be listed in the right hand pane. Right click on the share you want to stop, and select "stop sharing"

To access the command prompt click
Start>All Programs>Accessories>Command Prompt

What is IPC$ ?

The IPC$ share is used with temporary connections between clients and servers by using named pipes for communication among network programs. It is primarily used for to remotely administer network servers.

You can also go into explorer and right click on the drive letter and select "Sharing and Security" and stop sharing it.