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Removing Printer Shares
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Allowing other users to access a printer attached

Pages in this Section:
  Security
  Passwords
  Disable Peer to Peer
  Remove File Shares
>Remove Printer Shares
  Spyware
to your computer can also make it possible for unauthorized people to access your computer and damage files or the operating system. Since Printer sharing represents a computer security threat, we recommend that local printers not be shared and any current Printer shares be disabled.

To disable shared printers:

1. Click Start choose Settings and click Printers.
2. Locate a shared printer (a printer icon with a hand under it: Shared Printer icon).
3. Right-click on the shared printer icon and choose Sharing from the menu that appears.menu

4. Click the Sharing tab on the Printer Properties dialog box.

5.Click the radio button labeled Not shared from the Printer Properties dialog box to disable printer sharing for this printer.
Sharing tab of Printer Properties

6. Click Apply to set the changes and OK to close the dialog box.

 
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