I have 3 systems. A,B,Compx all on xp.
but comps A and B have an issue with Compx.
Compx has network shares I can access.
I can do \\compx and get some.
But I cannot access the admin share c$
\\compx\c$ gives a login prompt, and I can't get any user/pass to work.
I looked at permissions but don't see an issue.
Nevertheless, I will describe what I see in the permissions.
In the security tab of C, I have
Administrators,creator owner,everyone,bob,system,users (6 things there)
"creator owner" has nothing ticked, I can't seem to change that. If I tick so they all get ticked, and click apply, 2.5min and it's completed its opration and they all untick. Though this isn't the root of the problem. Since I get the same in the share I can access.
In advanced, I see those 6 things,
Administrators,creator owner,everyone,bob,system,users (6 things there)
all "full control"
all are "this folder, subfolders and files".. except creator owner, which is just subfolders and files only
I look at the properties for the share I can see.
looks the same, except in security..advanced, double clicking any of them the boxes are all ticked but greyed. That's not the problem though since I can access that share.
So, I don't know what the problem is.
Best Answer
As their name suggests, admin shares can be accessed only by users that are administrators on that computer.
You need to create the same user in every computer, and that user must be administrator in all of them. It should have a password, because in some occasions users without passwords won't work.
Note use that you if you renamed a user this won't work, since renamed users maintain their original network name.