access denied when mapping c$ from another computer
I am sure this is very common problem, but somehow I cannot google the solution quickly enough, so I ask here :) I have two Windows 10 PCs. From PC1 I can do net use \pc2\c$, authenticate as administrator and it is a success. From PC2 I cannot do it though and I get access denied - system error 5. Local administrator account is active and I tried runas to see if I type the proper password. I also created another user and added it to administrators group, but can't map the drive using this account either. In secpol.msc "access this computer from network" administrators is listed. I can however map a non admin share which I have created on some folder there. So what else can it be?
Solution 1:
One very common solution to the problem is to disable UAC remote restrictions:
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On PC1, run
regedit
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Navigate to the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
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If an item named
LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy
doesn't exist, create it as DWORD-32 -
Set the value of the item to
1
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Reboot.