Difference between revisions of "Windows unshared folders access as Admin"
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| − | + | Windows has implicit shares called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_share Administrative Shares] that allow you to map any partition on a remote Windows machine if you have domain Administrator or local Administrator privileges. The drive letter is followed by a $ to indicate the hidden Administrative Share. There is also an admin$ share name that is the %SYSTEMROOT% directory (usually C:\WINDOWS). You can connect to the machine by its name or to its IP address. | |
Open the Run dialog from Start | <u>R</u>un..." and enter something like the following in the Open text field: | Open the Run dialog from Start | <u>R</u>un..." and enter something like the following in the Open text field: | ||
Latest revision as of 18:28, 25 September 2008
Windows has implicit shares called Administrative Shares that allow you to map any partition on a remote Windows machine if you have domain Administrator or local Administrator privileges. The drive letter is followed by a $ to indicate the hidden Administrative Share. There is also an admin$ share name that is the %SYSTEMROOT% directory (usually C:\WINDOWS). You can connect to the machine by its name or to its IP address.
Open the Run dialog from Start | Run..." and enter something like the following in the Open text field:
\\remote_machine\admin$ \\remote_machine\C$ \\192.168.1.169\admin$
