Default Admin Share C$

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Ron Boetger

Why can't I map to the Default Share C$ either from my Vista machine
to my XP machine or form the XP to the Vista machine?

I setup my XP machine to have the C drive shared as "C" I can now map
a drive to the XP machine. BUT when I attempt to open my user files
in the Documents and Settings directory from the mapped drive using
the Vista machine I get the message that I don't "currently have
permission to access the folder".

How do I fix this?

Thanks

Ron
 
If they are in a workgroup, create identical username/password on both the
machine, assign the required permission to the username and try mapping the
drive.
 
I have done that. Both users have identicle names, passwords and both
have admin rights.

Ron
 
AFAIK in Vista you can no longer remotely connect to admin shares in a
workgroup environment, even if you have admin credentials for the remote
machine.

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Cheers,
Mitch Tulloch
[MVP--Windows Server]
http://www.mtit.com
 
I was able to access the C$ share (and all admin shares), but I had to jump
through some hoops.
 
Sorry, this text got lost in the post some how. Explains how I did it...

FYI, I was able to access C$ with Vista RC1. You have change some default
settings like enabling Network Discovery and create a password for the
user named "Administrator", then use the username Administrator and the
password you set for it as the login when you access the machine remotely.
So far I haven't been able to log in remotely using the username/password
that I created during the install. But just so everyone knows, you can
access the C$ share. If that went away, it would upset about a million IT
people, hopefully including yourself.
 
Hello,

You can also allow access to the administrative shares by any local
administrator by creating a registry entry.

Create or modify the following registry value:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\system\LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy

This is a DWORD value. Set it to 1.
 
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