Can’t access networked Vista Admin shares
In no particular order, this is the first gripe of many about Vista (shouldofbeen named Manana or hasta like Hasta la… well you know), I’ll be posting fixes for the issues i come across. Most of the time this will be the relentless pursuit of knowledge (via Google , cause the other search engine still suck!) for the weirdest of Microsoft bugs that haven’t been documented.
I have 6 intel/AMD machines at home. I build every single one - Too cheap to spend the premium buck on a Best BUY(or… insert crappy store chain here) PC. I have had XP running fine on all of them but like many of us I want to upgrade. So I did ! I have many stories about upgrading 6 machine with different Motherboard,svideo cards etc. This particular issue is after i had upgraded and stabilized all my machine on Vista and I started doing a little networking. Oh, forgot to mention that all the machine are running Vista Home Premium!
I standardized all the machines with the same Users and password. Good form just for starters. Then I proceed to access the other PCs via UNC. No problem until my i tried to access my laptop (\\machinename\c$) and i got the dreaded logon access dialog box. Did my usual testing and checking of services, programs you name it - Nothing – couldn’t access it. So I proceeded to Google !!! And low and behold someone had had the same problem - So this is a repost from http://www.jimmah.com/vista/Networking/filtertoken.aspx
Why can’t I access the administrative shares or remote administrative functions from a remote computer?
Windows Vista prevents local administrators from using their administrator powers over the network. This results in the inability to remotely administer a computer using filesharing and tools that use similar technology (such as the computer manager MMC snap-in and the administrative shares, such as C$). However, this DOES NOT affect Remote Desktop in any way.
To allow administrators local to a computer to use their administrator powers when accessing the Vista computer remotely, please follow these steps:
CAUTION: Improperly modifying the registry can harm your system.
1. Click start
2. Type: regedit
3. Press enter
4. In the left, browse to the following folder: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\system\
5. Right-click a blank area in the right pane
6. Click New
7. Click DWORD Value
8. Type: LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy
9. Double-click the item you just created
10. Type 1 into the box
11. Click OK
12. Restart your computer