VPN logon to remote c$ share??

[PacificRecords]

I have made a VPN connection between my work network with a Netgear FVS318 VPN router, and my home PC using Netgear ProSafe VPN client 10.5 software.

I can connect from home to the remote folders I have specifically shared on my remote computers, including those running XP SP2, and W2K.

I want to connect from home (XP SP2) to the hidden default c$ share on my remote computers. I succeeded first time by typing "RUN: \\win2kremote\c$" to connect to a remote computer that runs W2K - I got a logon user/pw box, entered the login for that computer, and connected.

When I try to "RUN:\\winXPRemote\c$", I also get the login box, but it will not accept the correct user name and password. I have DISABLED FORCEGUEST on the remote XP computer; I have tried "login as different user" amd tried the same user name and pw that works when I log in to that computer at the office, and every other combination I can think of. I have created a different home user profile with the same user name and pw as the XP computer at work - nothing lets me access the c$ share.

How can I access c$ share on a remote PC running XP from home?

Thanks, Joe

 

[msworld]

try this net use \\winxpremote\c$ /U:administrator. the administrator is the XP computer administrator username. it will prompt for a password. Does this work?

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on

http://www.HowToNetworking.com

 

[PacificRecords]

No, this doesn't work. I get a message "unable to find" that share.
Actually, since I have disabled forceguest on the remote XP computer, I already get a user/password prompt when I just type "\\winxpremote\c$". I put in "user" and "password" (substituting the real user name and password I use for logon - it is an administrator profile) and it is not accepted. The box pops up again, now showing the user name as "WINXPREMOTE/user".

I know at my other job with a huge corporate domain system, this happens when I am using the wrong domain. However, the system is question is all set up as workgroups. My home PC has the same workgroup name as the remote workgroup. Any other ideas?? Thanks for your reply!

 

[NettableWalker]

I can never access my home PC's c$ either. Just create a shared folder and keep everything you need in there.

Also use RDP to login and move stuff into that folder temporarily if need be.

Not a fix, but a workaround,

 

[PacificRecords]

It is frustrating that I can connect to the c$ share on the remote PC running Win2K - I thought that disabling "forceguest" on the remote XPs would make them behave the same, but there must be other "security upgrades" that XP has that are in the way.
Problem is, I want a share that I can access at home that is not visible to all the other local computers networked at work. I already have "share folders" and I can connect to them from home, but so can everyone else on my network. Can I have shares with different passwords on the same remote PC so my colleagues can access only the shares I want them to?

 

[NettableWalker]

Set share permissions and only give your username full access.

It doesn't matter if people can see your share if they can't get what is in it.

Don't try to understand Windows, just find the workarounds

 

[minxca]

can you access that C$ from the office?

 

[PacificRecords]

Good question - haven't tried. Will tomorrow.