Cannot access administrative share from other workgroup computer

[Guest]

I have a small network set up in my home. I was trying to access the
administrative share on computer2 from computer1 today and could not. The
funny thing is that I frequently access the administrative share on computer1
from computer2. Go figure. Both computers are running XP pro.
On computer1 when I press Start then Run I am typing:

\\computer2\c$

After hesitating a few moments I get the following dialog box:

Connect to computer2
User name:
Password:

Here I am entering in the username and password for the administrative
account on computer2 and this is what happens. I get a dialog box which
states the following:

\\computer2\c$ 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.

After browsing around on the web and reading some articles I have enabled
NetBIOS over TCP/IP on both computers and nothing changed. Does anybody have
any idea how to fix this?

 

[Richard G. Harper]

The error means what it says - you are already connected to a share on the
host PC with a different username and password and must disconnect all
existing shares prior to trying to connect to the administrative c$ share
with a different username or password.

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