Admin$ and C$ shares are not available only on laptops in domain

[Richard Alexander]

I am having an issue with some laptops on my Windows 2003 AD domain that I am
unable to access the \\computername\admin$ or c$ share on. I can ping the
PCs by name but when i try to access the share I get network path not found.
I use the same group policy for desktops and laptops and i can access on the
desktops. I also checked firewall settings on the laptops and I belive those
are correct. Even tried disabling the firewall, but I still cnanot access.

Thanks in advance for any ideas on where to look next.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I am having an issue with some laptops on my Windows 2003 AD domain
that I am unable to access the \\computername\admin$ or c$ share
on. I can ping the PCs by name but when i try to access the share
I get network path not found. I use the same group policy for
desktops and laptops and i can access on the desktops. I also
checked firewall settings on the laptops and I belive those are
correct. Even tried disabling the firewall, but I still cnanot
access.

Thanks in advance for any ideas on where to look next.

\\ipaddress\c$ gives you the same?
DDNS, WINS, etc?
Checked the settings for DNS on the laptops?

 

[Richard Alexander]

Yes if i do \\ipaddress\c$ i get the same error message. I had already
checked Wins and DNS and i can ping the machine by name

 

[Graham Anderson]

Check in computer management, system tools, shared folders, shares on the
target machine. Is anything listed in here? You may need to start the
server service on the target machine to allow other machines to access the
target's shares.