How To Enable Admin Shares on Windows 10/8/7 (C$, D$) [Tutorial]

How To Enable Admin Shares on Windows 10/8/7 (C$, D$) [Tutorial]

In some cases there is the need to enable the Admin Shares of local hard disks, commonly for administrative purposes. The Admin shares are the default shares (aka Administrative shares) of all disk drives (C$, D$, etc.) on a Windows computer and by default are hidden and inaccessible from the network.

Windows Vista and newer versions of Windows (Windows 7, 8 & 10) prevents local accounts from accessing administrative shares through the network. As a result of that, you receive an "access denied message" whenever you try to connect from a network computer to the default Admin shares (e.g. to C$) on a another workstation of your local network, or you receive the following error message: "Logon unsuccessful: Windows is unable to log you on. Make sure that your user name and password are correct".

This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7 operating systems.Works for all major computer manufactures (Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Samsung).