![]() Access denied to Administrative (Admin) shares in Windows 8 – 4sysops. Access denied is what you get when you try to map a remote drive by connecting to the Admin share with \\computername\< drive letter> \$ on a workgroup computer. To connect to drive C: on a remote computer, you would map to \\computer\c$. Whereas this works fine for Active Directory domain members, a popup window will appear with the error message “Enter Network Password.”Michael Pietroforte is the founder and editor of 4sysops. ![]() ![]() He is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) with more than 3. IT management and system administration. Latest posts by Michael Pietroforte (see all)This message is a bit misleading because, by default, there is no such network password. However, in this post, I will explain how you can “create” this password and describe two other ways to access Admin Shares on standalone machines. Access denied admin share. Traditionally, Administrative Shares have been a favorite Windows feature of hackers and crackers. And, as everyone knows, the best way to improve security is to give in to hackers and terrorists by restricting the freedom to move for everyone. Thus, even if you have an account with administrative rights, Windows will deny access to Admin Shares by default. Access to Admin Shares is often required to remotely administer computers. That’s why they are called Administrative Shares. In a corporate environment, it might make sense to get your administrative privileges back. Map Admin Shares with the built- in administrator account ^The network password that I referred to above is the password of the built- in administrator account, which is disabled by default in Windows 8. A while back, I outlined two methods for enabling the built- in administrator account if you have no other administrator account. Here I assume that you have another account with admin privileges. ![]() 40 comments .To enable the administrator account, you just have to launch a command prompt with administrator privileges and then type net user administrator /active: yes. If you now try to connect to an Admin Share with the user name “administrator,” you will receive the error message “Loginerror: user account restriction. Possible reasons are blank passwords not allowed. One HP support person had me set a static address to keep the printer from going offline. Yesterday, another HP support person had me change it back to automatic. How to Access Shared Folders on a Network. When logged in as an administrator or an authorized user, accessing the shared folders on a network can be accomplished in. Previously, I wrote an article about a cool software called WiPeer that lets you connect two computers over a wireless network. This program works great for quickly. ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() You should see the local Administrator now, and you can set a password. Create the network password for local Administrator account. You can now access Administrative Shares remotely with the built- in Administrator account. Local. Account. Token. Filter. Policy – UAC remote restrictions ^The reason why access is denied if you try to access an Admin Share with an account with administrator privileges is User Account Control (UAC). ![]() For the built- in administrator account, UAC prompts are disabled by default. That is why the above described procedure works. If you don’t want to enable the built- in administrator for security reasons, you can disable the UAC remote restrictions with the Local. Account. Token. Filter. Policy Registry setting. Note that this will also enable other remote management features, such as the ability to remotely connect through the Computer Management console. To get rid of the Access Denied message, follow this procedure: Launch the Registry editor by typing regedit. Start Screen. Navigate to HKEY. Note that this setting not only removes the remote UAC restrictions as described above, but it also affects UAC for logged- on administrator accounts. Note: Disabling UAC Admin Approval mode will also disable the Windows Store app. Launch Control Panel, type admin. I am a how- to collector. ![]()
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