Can not map to Admin shares

[Guest]

We are on a network and use the Admin shares to do support. We have a
network of 500+ PCs and most work fine. However, we've come across some that
are not allowing us to connect??? to the C$ share
Administrator password the same
File and Print sharing is on
The C$ is shared

Anything else that is required or that I should be looking for? We have
everyone set up for Remote access, but by using the shares - we don't disrupt
their work.
Thanks in advance for any recommendations you might have!!!

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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We are on a network and use the Admin shares to do support. We have a
network of 500+ PCs and most work fine. However, we've come across
some that are not allowing us to connect??? to the C$ share
Administrator password the same
File and Print sharing is on
The C$ is shared

Anything else that is required or that I should be looking for? We
have everyone set up for Remote access, but by using the shares - we
don't disrupt their work.
Thanks in advance for any recommendations you might have!!!

The firewall settings, or exceptions in same, might not be identical.
However, if you're on a domain, this should all be controlled via Group
Policy... is it?

Also, what errors do you get?

 

[Guest]

lanwench -
I couldn't send a reply to your entry so hopefully you'll look at this - my
error is "The network path could not be found" - yet I can RDC to it.

What Windows firewall setting would be blocking this? We do not have the
firewall controled through policies, so maybe that is the problem.

 

[Steven L Umbach]

Can you ping those computers by name and IP address?? If not then the
Windows Firewall may be enabled on those computers for some reason. ---
Steve

 

[Sigmundur Jonsson]

We are on a network and use the Admin shares to do support. We have a
network of 500+ PCs and most work fine. However, we've come across some that
are not allowing us to connect??? to the C$ share
Administrator password the same
File and Print sharing is on
The C$ is shared

Anything else that is required or that I should be looking for? We have
everyone set up for Remote access, but by using the shares - we don't disrupt
their work.
Thanks in advance for any recommendations you might have!!!

Well I had this same problem. The only thing I did was disabling the
share and enable it again without the $ in the name It will change
from a default administrator share to a normal share.
Remember to edit the security settings