Managing A Remote Computer

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My machine is Windows XP Pro SP2 running on Windows 2003 Server AD Domain

Machines are a mixture of Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows XP SP2.

I am currently having a problem when trying to manage these machines from my
own.

I right click My Computer on the desktop and choose Manage.

I then right click Computer Management and choose Connect to another
computer.

I then type in the name of the remote computer, and my machine connects OK.

I can get access to all of the snap-ins except anything under Storage:

- Removable storage: Access is denied
- Disk Management: You do not have access rights to Logical Disk Manager on
<machine name>.

I am a local admin on all of the machines. I have also tried performing this
using a domain admin account, and the same problem occurs..

On all machines, the firewall has been turned off.

I've been searching around for a possible solution (mainly google groups)
but as yet haven't come across anyone with the same problem. Most of the
solutions I have found seem to relate to the Windows Firewall, but as I
mentioned, this is turned off on our machines.

Any ideas/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Shelly
 
Shelly said:
My machine is Windows XP Pro SP2 running on Windows 2003 Server AD
Domain
Machines are a mixture of Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows XP SP2.

I am currently having a problem when trying to manage these
machines from my own.

I right click My Computer on the desktop and choose Manage.

I then right click Computer Management and choose Connect to another
computer.

I then type in the name of the remote computer, and my machine
connects OK.
I can get access to all of the snap-ins except anything under
Storage:
- Removable storage: Access is denied
- Disk Management: You do not have access rights to Logical Disk
Manager on <machine name>.

I am a local admin on all of the machines. I have also tried
performing this using a domain admin account, and the same problem
occurs..
On all machines, the firewall has been turned off.

I've been searching around for a possible solution (mainly google
groups) but as yet haven't come across anyone with the same
problem. Most of the solutions I have found seem to relate to the
Windows Firewall, but as I mentioned, this is turned off on our
machines.
Any ideas/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Click to expand...

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Windo...62cd-44fc-b2bd-cadaf06234d11033.mspx?mfr=true

Look through the requirments to manage the disks remotely through computer
management and let us know if you meet them all...
 
Thank you for your response.

I have seen that Technet article before, and yes I meet all criteria:

It seems strange that I can see all other areas under Computer Mangement
(and manipulate them) other than Storage.

Any other suggestions are most appreciated.

Thanks,
Shelly
 
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