Vista - Default Admin Share C$

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.

"Ron Boetger" <rboetger@bblink.net> wrote in message
news:hj9dd2pgcd2m61egi7e83admn6799d70m4@4ax.com...
> 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
>

I have done that. Both users have identicle names, passwords and both
have admin rights.

Ron



On Mon, 7 Aug 2006 12:14:05 -0700, "Prashanth Prahalad [MSFT]"
<prashp@online.microsoft.com> wrote:

>
>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.
>
>"Ron Boetger" <rboetger@bblink.net> wrote in message
>news:hj9dd2pgcd2m61egi7e83admn6799d70m4@4ax.com...
>> 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
>>
>

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.

--
Cheers,
Mitch Tulloch
[MVP--Windows Server]
http://www.mtit.com



"Ron Boetger" <rboetger@bblink.net> wrote in message
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>I have done that. Both users have identicle names, passwords and both
> have admin rights.
>
> Ron
>
>
>
> On Mon, 7 Aug 2006 12:14:05 -0700, "Prashanth Prahalad [MSFT]"
> <prashp@online.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>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.
>>
>>"Ron Boetger" <rboetger@bblink.net> wrote in message
>>news:hj9dd2pgcd2m61egi7e83admn6799d70m4@4ax.com...
>>> 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
>>>
>>

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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- JB

Windows Vista Support Faq
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/