Re: Sharing a computer versus its drives?
- From: "Blue Max" <mailrichard@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 07:40:04 -0700
Thank you again, Steven, some more good ideas. However, a couple more
questions if you don't mind? FIRST, is there way to connect using a MAC
address rather than an IP address? Our IP addresses are dynamically
assigned and tend to change, so a MAC address would be more static. SECOND,
when you assign a new share to a drive, isn't the old default system share
overwritten for that drive? In our experience, many new computers have the
default system share for each drive, but it appears to be removed when you
create a new non-hidden share name? THIRD, which 'Run' box are you
referring to below?
Thanks
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"Steven L Umbach" <n9rou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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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