Re: Sharing a computer versus its drives?

For XP Pro and XP Media that have simple file sharing disabled an
administrator can access the "hidden" shares on the remote computer assuming
any host firewall allows access to file and print sharing. Each drive is
shared such as C$ where the $ indicates that it is hidden. The hidden
administrative shares can be accessed only by administrators. To easily
access such a share the administrator could enter \\computername\c$ in the
run box or \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\c$ where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of
the share access is wanted to. Such will not work on XP Home as XP Home can
only use simple file sharing. You can open Computer Management and go to
shared folders/shares to see hidden administrative shares that would exist
by default or use the command net share at the command line. Below is an
example of the output for that command on my Windows XP Pro computer. No you
can not create a share for the whole computer per se though you can enter
\\computername or \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx in the run box [or create a shortcut] to
see all non hidden shares on a remote computer if that helps. An
administrator can also use Computer Management - connect to another computer
to see detailed info on a remote computer that he has administrative rights
and network access to.

Steve


D:\WINDOWS\system32>net share

Share name Resource Remark

----------------------------------------------------------------
E$ E:\ Default share
IPC$ Remote IPC
D$ D:\ Default share
print$ D:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers
Printer Drivers
H$ H:\ Default share
C$ C:\ Default share
G$ G:\ Default share
F$ F:\ Default share
ADMIN$ D:\WINDOWS Remote Admin
SteveMP3 H:\SteveMP3
hpdeskjet LPT1: Spooled hp deskjet 960c
The command completed successfully.



"Blue Max" <mailrichard@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Is there anyway to share a whole computer, rather than just its separate
drives in a peer-to-peer network (wired and wireless) configuration?
Often we would like for the administrator to have network icons in
'Network Places' that would simply connect the administrator to the
connected laptop, including all its drives, rather than having to create
an icon or line entry for each separate drive on the client laptop. Can
this be done in some fashion by creating a share for the computer rather
than just its drives?



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