Sean said:
Hi Guys,
I have Vista running on two computers (Desktop and Laptop) and
want to
access the admin shares on the desktop from the laptop.
Whenever I do this \\computername\c$ and enter a valid username and
password
of an admin user on the desktop computer, it is telling me that it is
not
able to log me on.
Can someone assist me in accessing these shares.
PS: I can access folders shared manually without any problem
I saw this in another posting and saved it for my use - hopefully it
will help you as well.
Regards
Dave
Windows Vista prevents local administrators from using their
administrator powers over the network. This results in the inability to
remotely administer a computer using filesharing and tools that use
similar technology (such as the computer manager MMC snap-in and the
administrative shares, such as C$). However, this DOES NOT affect Remote
Desktop in any way. Also, domain-level admins are not affected.
For example: you have an admin account set up on VISTAMACHINE, and log
in to VISTAMACHINE from your other computer XPMACHINE via the network
(net use or whatnot), and try to access VISTAMACHINE's administrative
share C$. Technically you have access to that share; however, due to the
token filtering, you are returned access denied, since the system is
ignoring the fact that you are an administrator.
To allow administrators local to a computer to use their administrator
powers when accessing the Vista computer remotely, you can follow these
steps:
- Click start
- Type: regedit
- Press enter
- In the left, browse to the following folder:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\system\
- Right-click a blank area in the right pane
- Click New
- Click DWORD Value
- Type: LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy
- Double-click the item you just created
- Type 1 into the box
- Click OK
- Restart your computer
