This is not a bug, although I personally do not like this behavior.

As a security precaution, the system prevents people on the network from
gaining administrator-level access to your computer by using a local
administrator account. This does not affect higher-level administrator
accounts if your computer is connected to a domain (for example, this does
not block the domain administrator from gaining admin access).

Unfortunately, for most of us power users who don't run domains at home,
this is a bit of a hassle.

--
- JB

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

Hi

I did everything you said, but I still get the message,,,

---------------------------
Windows Explorer
---------------------------
\\edward\d$ is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you
have access permissions.



Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, using
more than one user name, are not allowed. Disconnect all previous connections
to the server or shared resource and try again..


---------------------------
OK
---------------------------


(did control + c from the error message), and I am just about to double
check that I did everything correct. If I can ask, where did you hear of
this! this is one of them cool hints that helps that you can not discover by
accident! was there a technet article or have other people had this problem?

Thanks

"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

This is not a bug, although I personally do not like this behavior.

As a security precaution, the system prevents people on the network from
gaining administrator-level access to your computer by using a local
administrator account. This does not affect higher-level administrator
accounts if your computer is connected to a domain (for example, this does
not block the domain administrator from gaining admin access).

Unfortunately, for most of us power users who don't run domains at home,
this is a bit of a hassle.

--
- JB

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

Sounds like you need to restart \\edward or disconnect the computer you are
accessing it from via computer management.

Actually, Microsoft told me about this ... I filed a bug report about this
behavior, and they told me how to get around it. See, they do actually
listen to us!


--
- JB

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

Hi

I am sure I restarted the machine, infact I remember doing it, however I
have just done it again and it now works fine!

maybe it was some sort of cached password locally or something weird....
mind you when I reconnected, surly it would of re loged on... anyway, who
knows, it works fine now!

and thats cool for Microsoft responding, I often post in the partner
newsgroup and get quick responses, but they dont have any vista groups yet!

Thanks again

"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

Sounds like you need to restart \\edward or disconnect the computer you are
accessing it from via computer management.

Actually, Microsoft told me about this ... I filed a bug report about this
behavior, and they told me how to get around it. See, they do actually
listen to us!


--
- JB

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

I am having this issue on several Domain Joined Vista workstations.
Firewalls are off. I am using a Domain Admins account. Trying to connect to
either C$ or Admin$, or remote management, I get "Windows cannot find the
network path. Verify that the network path is correct and the destination
computer is not busy or turned off. If Windows still cannot find the network
path, contact you network administrator."

I have tried the below reg key setting to no avail.

On the vista machine itself, NET SHARE shows the $ shares. Even on the
local machine, running '\\computername\c$' gives the same message.

I've read MS broke the administrative shares by default on purpose. Thats
fine by me, but where is any documentation describing how to unbreak them?
Is this OS supposed to be able to function in an enterprise, or is it only
for home and small business?

David J.

"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

This is not a bug, although I personally do not like this behavior.

As a security precaution, the system prevents people on the network from
gaining administrator-level access to your computer by using a local
administrator account. This does not affect higher-level administrator
accounts if your computer is connected to a domain (for example, this does
not block the domain administrator from gaining admin access).

Unfortunately, for most of us power users who don't run domains at home,
this is a bit of a hassle.

--
- JB

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

These links may help,

Vista: Can’t access administrative ...So that no one including the user who belongs to a member of the Vista local Administrators group is allowed to access the administrative share. ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...a188f4 79ac3c

Vista: Administrative sharing issueVista issues By default, Vista administrative shares eg C$, D$) are not shared by default for security reasons. You should create your own shares to share ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...93e906f91aba0e



Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"David J." David wrote in message ...
I am having this issue on several Domain Joined Vista workstations.
Firewalls are off. I am using a Domain Admins account. Trying to connect to
either C$ or Admin$, or remote management, I get "Windows cannot find the
network path. Verify that the network path is correct and the destination
computer is not busy or turned off. If Windows still cannot find the network
path, contact you network administrator."

I have tried the below reg key setting to no avail.

On the vista machine itself, NET SHARE shows the $ shares. Even on the
local machine, running '\\computername\c$' gives the same message.

I've read MS broke the administrative shares by default on purpose. Thats
fine by me, but where is any documentation describing how to unbreak them?
Is this OS supposed to be able to function in an enterprise, or is it only
for home and small business?

David J.

"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

This is not a bug, although I personally do not like this behavior.

As a security precaution, the system prevents people on the network from
gaining administrator-level access to your computer by using a local
administrator account. This does not affect higher-level administrator
accounts if your computer is connected to a domain (for example, this does
not block the domain administrator from gaining admin access).

Unfortunately, for most of us power users who don't run domains at home,
this is a bit of a hassle.

--
- JB

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

The first link states "If this is a domain network, the domain user who is a
member of the Vista local Administrators group should be able to access
administrative share." These are domain member computers. 'Domain Admins'
are in 'Local Administrators', and users in question are in 'Domain Admins',
but the share give an error.

The second link is not a pratical solution, since a share cannot be created
named Admin$ because it already exists. It just doesn't work.

Any other ideas out there?

Thanks,
David J.


"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

These links may help,

Vista: Can’t access administrative ...So that no one including the user who belongs to a member of the Vista local Administrators group is allowed to access the administrative share. ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...a188f4 79ac3c

Vista: Administrative sharing issueVista issues By default, Vista administrative shares eg C$, D$) are not shared by default for security reasons. You should create your own shares to share ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...93e906f91aba0e



Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"David J." David wrote in message ...
I am having this issue on several Domain Joined Vista workstations.
Firewalls are off. I am using a Domain Admins account. Trying to connect to
either C$ or Admin$, or remote management, I get "Windows cannot find the
network path. Verify that the network path is correct and the destination
computer is not busy or turned off. If Windows still cannot find the network
path, contact you network administrator."

I have tried the below reg key setting to no avail.

On the vista machine itself, NET SHARE shows the $ shares. Even on the
local machine, running '\\computername\c$' gives the same message.

I've read MS broke the administrative shares by default on purpose. Thats
fine by me, but where is any documentation describing how to unbreak them?
Is this OS supposed to be able to function in an enterprise, or is it only
for home and small business?

David J.

"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

This is not a bug, although I personally do not like this behavior.

As a security precaution, the system prevents people on the network from
gaining administrator-level access to your computer by using a local
administrator account. This does not affect higher-level administrator
accounts if your computer is connected to a domain (for example, this does
not block the domain administrator from gaining admin access).

Unfortunately, for most of us power users who don't run domains at home,
this is a bit of a hassle.

--
- JB

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