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    is it possible to map the c drive on one of my win 7 machines to my vista laptop

    the heading more or less says it all i cant seem to map my c drive the way i used to which i found very handy

    anyone know of a solution

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    Re: is it possible to map the c drive on one of my win 7 machines to my vista laptop

    Create sortcut and use admin share c$ to access your machine, path should read:

    \\IP_or_Name\C$


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    Re: is it possible to map the c drive on one of my win 7 machines to my vista laptop

    cheers i tried that but it wont let me access any of my drives on the win 7 machine it shows them but when i click on them it says acces denied

    iv tried messing around with permissions etc but the win 7 machine doesnt have a password or anythin its just a storage box

    things used to be so much easier

    it showd the folder is sharing but i cant workout the permissions

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    Re: is it possible to map the c drive on one of my win 7 machines to my vista laptop

    do you really want to share the root of the drive, rather than a folder?
    throw new ArgumentException (String, String, Exception)

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    Re: is it possible to map the c drive on one of my win 7 machines to my vista laptop

    Do you have password protected sharing turned on in Win7? Check it via the Network & Sharing centre.

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    Re: is it possible to map the c drive on one of my win 7 machines to my vista laptop

    Quote Originally Posted by weebroonieuk View Post
    cheers i tried that but it wont let me access any of my drives on the win 7 machine it shows them but when i click on them it says acces denied

    iv tried messing around with permissions etc but the win 7 machine doesnt have a password or anythin its just a storage box

    things used to be so much easier

    it showd the folder is sharing but i cant workout the permissions
    I didn't think you could share folders without having a password?

    Might be worth adding a password and then seeing if that works.

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    Re: is it possible to map the c drive on one of my win 7 machines to my vista laptop

    To activate administrative share you also need:

    Folder Option -> Simple File Sharing (Disable it)
    Administrator level account with a password

    There are some occasion that it won't work on specific clients.
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    Re: is it possible to map the c drive on one of my win 7 machines to my vista laptop

    Admin Share on Vista

    Maybe something similar for Win7?

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    Re: is it possible to map the c drive on one of my win 7 machines to my vista laptop

    The above link should work fine for Windows 7. Ive tried it and it works, along with the Registry edit.

    The alternative way is to manually setup the shares

    Right click the Folder or Drive -> Properties -> Sharing -> Advanced Sharing -> Enable Share this Folder and select a name. -> Apply/Ok

    when mapping the drive on Vista specify the user/pass for the Win7 machine aswell

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    Re: is it possible to map the c drive on one of my win 7 machines to my vista laptop

    cheers guys but i wasnt bothering with a password the machine is just a 4tb file dump its not connected to the net or anything id prefer to do it without setting up passwords for powerup and powerdown when the servers not in use so it just boots up when i turn it on then i just wait a minute or so and transfer all my stuff onto it or create laptop backups

    thanks for the replys i never got the notifications in my email for some reason i will try some of your suggestions above

    i tried the usual method of sharing the c drive and its shared but it wont grant me full access to some of the folders like the users folders and windows folder

    where i hide certain files if u know what i mean lol

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    Re: is it possible to map the c drive on one of my win 7 machines to my vista laptop

    That's probably the problem though, without a password it won't work.

    Why don't you just set up a simple password, and then set the computer up to automatically logon with that password? Surely you wouldn't notice the difference?

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    Re: is it possible to map the c drive on one of my win 7 machines to my vista laptop

    Quote Originally Posted by snootyjim View Post
    That's probably the problem though, without a password it won't work.

    Why don't you just set up a simple password, and then set the computer up to automatically logon with that password? Surely you wouldn't notice the difference?
    Yerr I think your right, there has been numerous occasions I have not been able to do said 'administrative' tasks because the account didn't have a password.

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    Re: is it possible to map the c drive on one of my win 7 machines to my vista laptop

    ahwell just need to make one up then just a little bit of a pain but thanks for all the help lads!

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