Problem with accessing hidden shares on resent xp pro installs.

[Guest]

Hi,

Previously, accessing administrative shares like c$ on computers in our
local network has never been a problem when all are on the same workgroup and
you have administrator rights on all computers. All computers run xp pro sp2

I reinstalled windows on two computers FRESH1 and FRESH2. Now I can no
longer access the administrative shares \\FRESH*\c$ from any computer. When I
try to map the networkdrive with appropriate user and password, I get a
user/password dialog popping up with user forced to FRESH*\guest. It is no
problem to access the \\OLDPC*\c$ from the FRESH* computers. If I explicitly
share a folder on FRESH* it is available from any computer.

Looking at the properties tab on the drives, I notice a difference. The old
boxes have a "Security" tab which is not available on the FRESH* boxes. The
content of the "Sharing" tab is also different. The FRESH* boxes have a
simple view with two boxes named "Local sharing and security" and "Network
sharing and security", wile the old boxes have a more advanced view
containing a button to set Permissions on the shared folder.

I must have ignored one setting controlling the ability to set Permissions,
but I have not found a solution.

Thanks in advance for helping me out of my ignorance.

Kind regards
PÃ¥l-Aanund

 

[Chuck]

Hi,

Previously, accessing administrative shares like c$ on computers in our
local network has never been a problem when all are on the same workgroup and
you have administrator rights on all computers. All computers run xp pro sp2

I reinstalled windows on two computers FRESH1 and FRESH2. Now I can no
longer access the administrative shares \\FRESH*\c$ from any computer. When I
try to map the networkdrive with appropriate user and password, I get a
user/password dialog popping up with user forced to FRESH*\guest. It is no
problem to access the \\OLDPC*\c$ from the FRESH* computers. If I explicitly
share a folder on FRESH* it is available from any computer.

Looking at the properties tab on the drives, I notice a difference. The old
boxes have a "Security" tab which is not available on the FRESH* boxes. The
content of the "Sharing" tab is also different. The FRESH* boxes have a
simple view with two boxes named "Local sharing and security" and "Network
sharing and security", wile the old boxes have a more advanced view
containing a button to set Permissions on the shared folder.

I must have ignored one setting controlling the ability to set Permissions,
but I have not found a solution.

Thanks in advance for helping me out of my ignorance.

Kind regards
Pål-Aanund

I'd bet that you have Simple File Sharing enabled on the newer computers. SFS
gives you Guest-only network access, which means you can't use the "C$" share.
And no "Security" tab.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Simple>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Simple

 

[Guest]

I'd bet that you have Simple File Sharing enabled on the newer computers. SFS
gives you Guest-only network access, which means you can't use the "C$" share.
And no "Security" tab.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Simple>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Simple

Thanks Chuck - that's the setting I had forgotten. Now everything works well
again

Kind Regards, PÃ¥l-Aanund

 

[Chuck]

Thanks Chuck - that's the setting I had forgotten. Now everything works well
again

Kind Regards, Pål-Aanund

That's great news. Thanks for the feedback.