Hi

I have a mid size network here of about 30ish machines (made out of laptops,
desktops and servers).

I use the hard drives of all of them for storage of large files across the
network, I have a username and password that is similar on all of them to not
get confused and I go to \\computername\c$ or \d$

I have installed vista on a new machine and using the user I created in
setup, I am unable to log on to it. I have been using computers for years and
have tried pretty much everything I can think of, Vista has changed so many
networking things and it has totally confused me!

anyway, from any machine I have tried both \\vistapc\c$ \d$ (it has both
drives, and they are by default set to share). I have disabled the built in
firewall, and the machine is on the network fine, it can access internet and
other pcs.

I have also on the d drive set up a second share called w with full access
to everyone, and I can now go to that and view the files on the root drive,
but I can not view, modify any files or go in to any subdirectory. the
everyone account does have full access to this folder. on any other machine
when I go to \c$ I usually get a box to login which works, on this vista
machine I either get a box saying access denied or I get a log on box which
seems to not work no matter what I type in (I am sure the name/pass is
correct)

Is there something simple I have overlooked here or some option in Vista to
enable sharing and access to the administrative shares?

Thanks

a bit more info, accessing from the ip address of 192.168.0.x\w seems to
allow me access to read, but not edit, delete or create.

this seems to me to be simply a access problem, but I am confused why ip
would work and fqdn wouldnt. is there some weird new security setting that
does not allow you to log on and access over the network? if this is the
case, why on earth does vista use the normal c$ and d$ shares.

"Wilhil" wrote:

Hi

I have a mid size network here of about 30ish machines (made out of laptops,
desktops and servers).

I use the hard drives of all of them for storage of large files across the
network, I have a username and password that is similar on all of them to not
get confused and I go to \\computername\c$ or \d$

I have installed vista on a new machine and using the user I created in
setup, I am unable to log on to it. I have been using computers for years and
have tried pretty much everything I can think of, Vista has changed so many
networking things and it has totally confused me!

anyway, from any machine I have tried both \\vistapc\c$ \d$ (it has both
drives, and they are by default set to share). I have disabled the built in
firewall, and the machine is on the network fine, it can access internet and
other pcs.

I have also on the d drive set up a second share called w with full access
to everyone, and I can now go to that and view the files on the root drive,
but I can not view, modify any files or go in to any subdirectory. the
everyone account does have full access to this folder. on any other machine
when I go to \c$ I usually get a box to login which works, on this vista
machine I either get a box saying access denied or I get a log on box which
seems to not work no matter what I type in (I am sure the name/pass is
correct)

Is there something simple I have overlooked here or some option in Vista to
enable sharing and access to the administrative shares?

Thanks

I had a very similar problem and here is how I fixed it.

Check your Domain Name and or Workgroup Name. It is possible you do not
belong to the network you are trying to connect to. Also it look like Vista
want you to have an account on the Vista machine to connect to it. Or after
clicking the network link on your start menu select NETWORK CENTER. The check
you sharing
network file and printer settings. Change Network Access to " Anyone who can
connect to my network" Then retry connecting to you drive. It should work
from there.
"Wilhil" wrote:

Hi

I have a mid size network here of about 30ish machines (made out of laptops,
desktops and servers).

I use the hard drives of all of them for storage of large files across the
network, I have a username and password that is similar on all of them to not
get confused and I go to \\computername\c$ or \d$

I have installed vista on a new machine and using the user I created in
setup, I am unable to log on to it. I have been using computers for years and
have tried pretty much everything I can think of, Vista has changed so many
networking things and it has totally confused me!

anyway, from any machine I have tried both \\vistapc\c$ \d$ (it has both
drives, and they are by default set to share). I have disabled the built in
firewall, and the machine is on the network fine, it can access internet and
other pcs.

I have also on the d drive set up a second share called w with full access
to everyone, and I can now go to that and view the files on the root drive,
but I can not view, modify any files or go in to any subdirectory. the
everyone account does have full access to this folder. on any other machine
when I go to \c$ I usually get a box to login which works, on this vista
machine I either get a box saying access denied or I get a log on box which
seems to not work no matter what I type in (I am sure the name/pass is
correct)

Is there something simple I have overlooked here or some option in Vista to
enable sharing and access to the administrative shares?

Thanks

FQDN will not work because your not resolving the host name. More than likely
a issue of not belonging to the network you are connecting to... I would bet
your Vista system is still set to the workgroup named workgroup.

"Wilhil" wrote:

a bit more info, accessing from the ip address of 192.168.0.x\w seems to
allow me access to read, but not edit, delete or create.

this seems to me to be simply a access problem, but I am confused why ip
would work and fqdn wouldnt. is there some weird new security setting that
does not allow you to log on and access over the network? if this is the
case, why on earth does vista use the normal c$ and d$ shares.

"Wilhil" wrote:

Hi

I have a mid size network here of about 30ish machines (made out of laptops,
desktops and servers).

I use the hard drives of all of them for storage of large files across the
network, I have a username and password that is similar on all of them to not
get confused and I go to \\computername\c$ or \d$

I have installed vista on a new machine and using the user I created in
setup, I am unable to log on to it. I have been using computers for years and
have tried pretty much everything I can think of, Vista has changed so many
networking things and it has totally confused me!

anyway, from any machine I have tried both \\vistapc\c$ \d$ (it has both
drives, and they are by default set to share). I have disabled the built in
firewall, and the machine is on the network fine, it can access internet and
other pcs.

I have also on the d drive set up a second share called w with full access
to everyone, and I can now go to that and view the files on the root drive,
but I can not view, modify any files or go in to any subdirectory. the
everyone account does have full access to this folder. on any other machine
when I go to \c$ I usually get a box to login which works, on this vista
machine I either get a box saying access denied or I get a log on box which
seems to not work no matter what I type in (I am sure the name/pass is
correct)

Is there something simple I have overlooked here or some option in Vista to
enable sharing and access to the administrative shares?

Thanks

Hi

Thank you very much, but sine i made the original post I have already
checked this and can access the default share and any new shares made,
however I still have the problem that I can not access the administrative
shares C$ and D$, whenever I try to, it asks me for a password, and if I am
wrong it re pops up, and if I am correct, it just says access is denied.
There must be a setting somewhere, but I am totally confused and do not know
where to look.

I remember having a similar problem years ago, but can not remember how I
resolved it. Vista is so much better in so many ways, but confusing in others!

"KILGORQ" wrote:

I had a very similar problem and here is how I fixed it.

Check your Domain Name and or Workgroup Name. It is possible you do not
belong to the network you are trying to connect to. Also it look like Vista
want you to have an account on the Vista machine to connect to it. Or after
clicking the network link on your start menu select NETWORK CENTER. The check
you sharing
network file and printer settings. Change Network Access to " Anyone who can
connect to my network" Then retry connecting to you drive. It should work
from there.
"Wilhil" wrote:

Hi

I have a mid size network here of about 30ish machines (made out of laptops,
desktops and servers).

I use the hard drives of all of them for storage of large files across the
network, I have a username and password that is similar on all of them to not
get confused and I go to \\computername\c$ or \d$

I have installed vista on a new machine and using the user I created in
setup, I am unable to log on to it. I have been using computers for years and
have tried pretty much everything I can think of, Vista has changed so many
networking things and it has totally confused me!

anyway, from any machine I have tried both \\vistapc\c$ \d$ (it has both
drives, and they are by default set to share). I have disabled the built in
firewall, and the machine is on the network fine, it can access internet and
other pcs.

I have also on the d drive set up a second share called w with full access
to everyone, and I can now go to that and view the files on the root drive,
but I can not view, modify any files or go in to any subdirectory. the
everyone account does have full access to this folder. on any other machine
when I go to \c$ I usually get a box to login which works, on this vista
machine I either get a box saying access denied or I get a log on box which
seems to not work no matter what I type in (I am sure the name/pass is
correct)

Is there something simple I have overlooked here or some option in Vista to
enable sharing and access to the administrative shares?

Thanks

I had that issue in XP when I turned my firewall on... Instead of sharing the
adminstrative $C can you create a new share on the drive and have it serve
your purpose.

You get to it through the advanced sharing button on the share 'Right Click'
from the drive.

This is how I worked around that.

"Wilhil" wrote:

Hi

Thank you very much, but sine i made the original post I have already
checked this and can access the default share and any new shares made,
however I still have the problem that I can not access the administrative
shares C$ and D$, whenever I try to, it asks me for a password, and if I am
wrong it re pops up, and if I am correct, it just says access is denied.
There must be a setting somewhere, but I am totally confused and do not know
where to look.

I remember having a similar problem years ago, but can not remember how I
resolved it. Vista is so much better in so many ways, but confusing in others!

"KILGORQ" wrote:

I had a very similar problem and here is how I fixed it.

Check your Domain Name and or Workgroup Name. It is possible you do not
belong to the network you are trying to connect to. Also it look like Vista
want you to have an account on the Vista machine to connect to it. Or after
clicking the network link on your start menu select NETWORK CENTER. The check
you sharing
network file and printer settings. Change Network Access to " Anyone who can
connect to my network" Then retry connecting to you drive. It should work
from there.
"Wilhil" wrote:

Hi

I have a mid size network here of about 30ish machines (made out of laptops,
desktops and servers).

I use the hard drives of all of them for storage of large files across the
network, I have a username and password that is similar on all of them to not
get confused and I go to \\computername\c$ or \d$

I have installed vista on a new machine and using the user I created in
setup, I am unable to log on to it. I have been using computers for years and
have tried pretty much everything I can think of, Vista has changed so many
networking things and it has totally confused me!

anyway, from any machine I have tried both \\vistapc\c$ \d$ (it has both
drives, and they are by default set to share). I have disabled the built in
firewall, and the machine is on the network fine, it can access internet and
other pcs.

I have also on the d drive set up a second share called w with full access
to everyone, and I can now go to that and view the files on the root drive,
but I can not view, modify any files or go in to any subdirectory. the
everyone account does have full access to this folder. on any other machine
when I go to \c$ I usually get a box to login which works, on this vista
machine I either get a box saying access denied or I get a log on box which
seems to not work no matter what I type in (I am sure the name/pass is
correct)

Is there something simple I have overlooked here or some option in Vista to
enable sharing and access to the administrative shares?

Thanks

We are sort of on the same thought pattern! I already tried this and shared
it as W

by going to \\computer from any pc on the network, I can see the W folder, I
can access it and display the files, and by changing security and allowing
"everyone" access on both the security tab and advanced tab, however this is
really not what I want.

I like the fact that on every other machine I can do \\computer\c$ type in a
password, and access the drive. on here, no matter what I type, it just does
not work, and I do not want "everyone" to have access to the files.

I have tried disabling the everyone access from the share, or the files, the
furthest I have got is from a remote computer, it asks me to log on, however
it does not seem to either verify username/password or just says access
denied from the start. (the same on accessing by C$ or d$ or W(with everyone
deleted) )

I am confused as there seems to be no logic or any real diffrence if I
choose security to everyone, share security to everyone, it just randomly
says access denied or displays a log on box that does not verify.

When I do get a log in box, I try the user wil which does have admin access.

I am really out of ideas! and at the moment I am loged on to the remote
machine through terminal services and copying the files from the other
computer share in a reverse type order. It is ashame I have to do this, but
this works, however I would obviously like to get the c$ and d$ share working
without having to resort to any sort of workaround.

"KILGORQ" wrote:

I had that issue in XP when I turned my firewall on... Instead of sharing the
adminstrative $C can you create a new share on the drive and have it serve
your purpose.

You get to it through the advanced sharing button on the share 'Right Click'
from the drive.

This is how I worked around that.

"Wilhil" wrote:

Hi

Thank you very much, but sine i made the original post I have already
checked this and can access the default share and any new shares made,
however I still have the problem that I can not access the administrative
shares C$ and D$, whenever I try to, it asks me for a password, and if I am
wrong it re pops up, and if I am correct, it just says access is denied.
There must be a setting somewhere, but I am totally confused and do not know
where to look.

I remember having a similar problem years ago, but can not remember how I
resolved it. Vista is so much better in so many ways, but confusing in others!

"KILGORQ" wrote:

I had a very similar problem and here is how I fixed it.

Check your Domain Name and or Workgroup Name. It is possible you do not
belong to the network you are trying to connect to. Also it look like Vista
want you to have an account on the Vista machine to connect to it. Or after
clicking the network link on your start menu select NETWORK CENTER. The check
you sharing
network file and printer settings. Change Network Access to " Anyone who can
connect to my network" Then retry connecting to you drive. It should work
from there.
"Wilhil" wrote:

Hi

I have a mid size network here of about 30ish machines (made out of laptops,
desktops and servers).

I use the hard drives of all of them for storage of large files across the
network, I have a username and password that is similar on all of them to not
get confused and I go to \\computername\c$ or \d$

I have installed vista on a new machine and using the user I created in
setup, I am unable to log on to it. I have been using computers for years and
have tried pretty much everything I can think of, Vista has changed so many
networking things and it has totally confused me!

anyway, from any machine I have tried both \\vistapc\c$ \d$ (it has both
drives, and they are by default set to share). I have disabled the built in
firewall, and the machine is on the network fine, it can access internet and
other pcs.

I have also on the d drive set up a second share called w with full access
to everyone, and I can now go to that and view the files on the root drive,
but I can not view, modify any files or go in to any subdirectory. the
everyone account does have full access to this folder. on any other machine
when I go to \c$ I usually get a box to login which works, on this vista
machine I either get a box saying access denied or I get a log on box which
seems to not work no matter what I type in (I am sure the name/pass is
correct)

Is there something simple I have overlooked here or some option in Vista to
enable sharing and access to the administrative shares?

Thanks

Interesting Mine is doing the same thing... But if I go from my XP machine to
the Vista Machine it works fine. There must be an authentication mechanism
broken or we are missing some new setting somewhere. I will post if I figure
anything out.

"Wilhil" wrote:

We are sort of on the same thought pattern! I already tried this and shared
it as W

by going to \\computer from any pc on the network, I can see the W folder, I
can access it and display the files, and by changing security and allowing
"everyone" access on both the security tab and advanced tab, however this is
really not what I want.

I like the fact that on every other machine I can do \\computer\c$ type in a
password, and access the drive. on here, no matter what I type, it just does
not work, and I do not want "everyone" to have access to the files.

I have tried disabling the everyone access from the share, or the files, the
furthest I have got is from a remote computer, it asks me to log on, however
it does not seem to either verify username/password or just says access
denied from the start. (the same on accessing by C$ or d$ or W(with everyone
deleted) )

I am confused as there seems to be no logic or any real diffrence if I
choose security to everyone, share security to everyone, it just randomly
says access denied or displays a log on box that does not verify.

When I do get a log in box, I try the user wil which does have admin access.

I am really out of ideas! and at the moment I am loged on to the remote
machine through terminal services and copying the files from the other
computer share in a reverse type order. It is ashame I have to do this, but
this works, however I would obviously like to get the c$ and d$ share working
without having to resort to any sort of workaround.

"KILGORQ" wrote:

I had that issue in XP when I turned my firewall on... Instead of sharing the
adminstrative $C can you create a new share on the drive and have it serve
your purpose.

You get to it through the advanced sharing button on the share 'Right Click'
from the drive.

This is how I worked around that.

"Wilhil" wrote:

Hi

Thank you very much, but sine i made the original post I have already
checked this and can access the default share and any new shares made,
however I still have the problem that I can not access the administrative
shares C$ and D$, whenever I try to, it asks me for a password, and if I am
wrong it re pops up, and if I am correct, it just says access is denied.
There must be a setting somewhere, but I am totally confused and do not know
where to look.

I remember having a similar problem years ago, but can not remember how I
resolved it. Vista is so much better in so many ways, but confusing in others!

"KILGORQ" wrote:

I had a very similar problem and here is how I fixed it.

Check your Domain Name and or Workgroup Name. It is possible you do not
belong to the network you are trying to connect to. Also it look like Vista
want you to have an account on the Vista machine to connect to it. Or after
clicking the network link on your start menu select NETWORK CENTER. The check
you sharing
network file and printer settings. Change Network Access to " Anyone who can
connect to my network" Then retry connecting to you drive. It should work
from there.
"Wilhil" wrote:

Hi

I have a mid size network here of about 30ish machines (made out of laptops,
desktops and servers).

I use the hard drives of all of them for storage of large files across the
network, I have a username and password that is similar on all of them to not
get confused and I go to \\computername\c$ or \d$

I have installed vista on a new machine and using the user I created in
setup, I am unable to log on to it. I have been using computers for years and
have tried pretty much everything I can think of, Vista has changed so many
networking things and it has totally confused me!

anyway, from any machine I have tried both \\vistapc\c$ \d$ (it has both
drives, and they are by default set to share). I have disabled the built in
firewall, and the machine is on the network fine, it can access internet and
other pcs.

I have also on the d drive set up a second share called w with full access
to everyone, and I can now go to that and view the files on the root drive,
but I can not view, modify any files or go in to any subdirectory. the
everyone account does have full access to this folder. on any other machine
when I go to \c$ I usually get a box to login which works, on this vista
machine I either get a box saying access denied or I get a log on box which
seems to not work no matter what I type in (I am sure the name/pass is
correct)

Is there something simple I have overlooked here or some option in Vista to
enable sharing and access to the administrative shares?

Thanks

Hello,

To access the administrative shares of a Vista computer from another
computer, you will need to change a registry setting. You will need to
change
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\system\LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy
to 1 (DWORD).

To do this:

- Click start
- Type: Regedit
- Press Enter
- Browse to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Policies\system\
- Right-click a white area in the right pane
- Click New
- Click Dword Value
- Type: LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy
- Press Enter
- Double-click LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy
- Type: 1
- Press enter
- Restart your computer

You should now be able to connect to the remote administrative shares on
your vista computer by authenticating with an account that is an
administrator.


--
- JB

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

Wow this was a big help. Is there a reason this isn't enabled by default? Or
is it a bug?

"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

Hello,

To access the administrative shares of a Vista computer from another
computer, you will need to change a registry setting. You will need to
change
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\system\LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy
to 1 (DWORD).

To do this:

- Click start
- Type: Regedit
- Press Enter
- Browse to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Policies\system\
- Right-click a white area in the right pane
- Click New
- Click Dword Value
- Type: LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy
- Press Enter
- Double-click LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy
- Type: 1
- Press enter
- Restart your computer

You should now be able to connect to the remote administrative shares on
your vista computer by authenticating with an account that is an
administrator.


--
- JB

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