[Q] UNC access to administrative shares in Vista vs XP

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What are the settings necessary to get the admin. shares functionality back
in Vista vs XP.

On XP I can turn off simple sharing and then do something like this to the
box from another computer assuming same user name and password:

\\test\c$\share

However, this doesn't appear to work out of box w/ Vista. What are the
settings needed to tweak in Vista? Thanks -
 
In the Network and Sharing Center you need to enable File Sharing. By
default it is turned off, due to the security risk.

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Hello,

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$).

To allow administrators local to a computer to use their administrator
powers when accessing the Vista computer remotely, please 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
 
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