Re: Sharing a computer versus its drives?

I don't know of a way to use a MAC address but usually computer names are
used to specify a share location as they stay the same even if the IP
address changes unless and admin purposely changes a computer name. While
you should be able to have multiple shares for the same folder I have never
tried it to see how well it works and a quick test shows at least for me
that the default admin drive remains. The run box is the one that you
normally see as an option when you select start in the lower right hand
corner or when you hold down the Windows key and r at the same time.

Steve


"Blue Max" <mailrichard@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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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