Re: Problem after upgrading to SP2

From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 05/21/05 

Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 20:33:43 -0400

Laura,

Administrative shares are automatically set up, there's no user intervention required. As long as your username and password match an account on the destination machine, you should be able to access the administrative shares using \\<computername>\c$ If the computer has multiple drives or partitions, just use a different drive letter. 

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"Laura" <invalid@sample.invalid> wrote in message news:2Fpje.797771$w62.247272@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
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> "Star Fleet Admiral Q" <Star_Fleet_Admiral_Q(NO-SPAM)@(SPAM-NOT)hotmail.com> 
> wrote in message news:OPr7vNWXFHA.4064@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Laura,
>>    Did you check to see if all the computers are part of the same 
>> WorkGroup?
> 
> Yup. That's one of the first things i checked. This did work prior to 
> upgrading to SP2.
> 
>>    Are you sure his computer has some shares, as the administrative shares 
>> (the ones that end with a dollar sign - i.e. C$) require a userid/password 
>> to be identical on both the host and remote computers?
> 
> No shares have ever been set up on any of our computers yet we can all 
> see/access the machines. All except for his. There are 4 perm machines on 
> this network plus 2 additonal laptops that we fire up on occasion for 
> visitors.
> 
>>    Lastly, check the firewall and make sure you set it up to "trust" or 
>> "allow" computers falling within the range of IP addresses for your 
>> network - not too sure it the Windows Firewall has this, as I use ZA Pro, 
>> which has this type of configuration.
> 
> This is the windows firewall and the local subnet is enabled.
> 
>>    Since you say access is allowed if you shutoff his Windows Firewall, it 
>> is definitely a firewall issue.  Maybe you may wish to try one of the free 
>> ones, Zone Alarm, Tiny Firewall, and there are probably others?  Just be 
>> sure to shut the Windows Firewall off after installing the one of the 
>> others.  Lastly a 3rd party firewall, such as ZA or Tiny, will protect the 
>> PC going both directions, incoming (bad software connections trying to 
>> come in) and outgoing (if bad software gets on your PC, it stops it from 
>> propagating or spreading to other computers, including those on your home 
>> network).
> 
> That might be our only option at this point. I don't know if my husband will 
> go for it but I will discuss it with him. He seems happy with the windows 
> firewall. 
>

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