Hi,

since Windows Vista the access from network for members of the local Administrators group is restricted by default.

This affects the Adminshares C$,.., Registry and much more. For example

c:\> net use \\yourComputer.yourdnsdomain.org\c$ /user:yourComputer.yourdnsdomain.org\localadministrator
Type the password for \\yourComputer.yourdnsdomain.org\c$:
System error 5 has occurred.
Access is denied.


UAC blocks such connections by default expect your Computer is member of a domain.

If you want to get set back the oldstyle behaviour disable the Local Account Token filter by setting LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy to 1.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy"=dword:00000001

or from command line

c:\> reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f


Michael