Windows 7 - Can I have complete access of a network PC?

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MY Home Network Setup

Go to -

Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing Center\Advanced sharing settings

Network Discovery--------------------- Turn On
File and Print Sharing ----------------- Turn On
Public Folder Sharing------------------ Turn On
Media Streaming-------------------------Enable
File Share connection------------------- Use 128 bit
Password protected Sharing----------- Turn Off
HomeGroup connection ---------------- Allow Windows
Then
Restart computer 2 or 3 times

 

Use administrative shares $, no need for the other nonsense sharing

sebus

 

admin shares don't exist on anything that is no Pro,Ent, or Ultimate. If you can't join it to a domain then it doesn't have admin shares.

 

Assuming that your google for "windows administrative shares" is broken, you do it like this

\\PC1\C$
\\PC1\D$

\\PC2\C$
\\PC2\D$

Adjust script as needed to fit your computer names and drive letters

 

If you're looking for a simple script to automatically set the drive upon login you can use this. Copy it into notepad, save as a .vbs file, and place it in your startup folder.

Code:

Dim objNetwork, objDrives
Dim strDriveLetter1, strDriveLetter2, strDriveLetter3, strDriveLetter4
Dim strRemotePath1, strRemotePath2, strRemotePath3, strRemotePath4

'-------------
Set objNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
set objDrives = objNetwork.EnumNetworkDrives()

'Edit these to suit your needs
'-------------
strDriveLetter1 = "O:"
strDriveLetter2 = "P:"
strDriveLetter3 = "Q:"
strDriveLetter4 = "R:"
strRemotePath1 = "\\127.0.0.1\c$"
strRemotePath2 = "\\server ip\Share2"
strRemotePath3 = "\\server ip\Share3"
strRemotePath4 = "\\server ip\Share4"

'-------------
on error resume next

For n = 0 to objDrives.Count -1 Step 2
   objNetwork.RemoveNetworkDrive objDrives.Item(n), True, True
   If Err.Number <> 0 Then
      Err.Number = 0
   Else
      sMessage = sMessage & objDrives.Item(n) & ", "
   End If
Next

On Error Goto 0
'-------------

'Remove the ticks to enable the shares
'-------------
objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive strDriveLetter1, strRemotePath1
'objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive strDriveLetter2, strRemotePath2
'objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive strDriveLetter3, strRemotePath3
'objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive strDriveLetter4, strRemotePath4

Remember to customize the shares and remove the ticks from the ones you want to enable (at the bottom). An example would be "\\192.168.1.2\c$" for an administrative share.

 

The easy option is to use HOMEGROUP and set the generated password on both computers, then on the loft server just right click the drive you want to share, select properties\sharing and enable it to be shared for read/write access.

When you open my computer on your lounge computer, look in the left pane you should see homegroup and your server computer will be listed, select it and the drives you have enabled shares on will appear in the main window.

It's also good to use RDP because then you can fully access and configure your server without going in the loft for transfering files and enabling more shares remotely.

Remember to reboot both machines,when you have configured Homegroup settings.