can't I connect to the root of a remote machine

Pinkeyes

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Two XP Machines, both with XP Pro

Both on the same network, with matching subnet masks and gateways.

Setup a share of a folder called files$ on one machine and the other can get to it.

Try and connect to \\machinename\c$ and it will not connect.

The c$ share exists
 
First off - thanks for the reply :)

Both machines have users with passwords, in fact as a test I created the same user with the same password on both machines.

I know its a bad habit, but although it's not something I will do all the time, I am more curious as to why it isn't working. It may be a bad way of doing something - but it should work...
 
Ah - blimey, I should have read your first post properly.

Turned off simple file sharing and the auth box that pops up doesnt have "guest" grayed out - it lets me add a user and password. Worked fine.

I was trying the "net use" command setting the admin and password as \\machinename\admin and that wasn't working either.

Ah well - brilliant - thanks for your help.
 
OK then - here is a another releated question

Does the same thing apply in a domain ?

Just arrived at work, where I can connect to any machine on the network via it's c$ and noticed Simple File Sharing is ticked on all the machines.
 
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