Windows Vista (and Windows 7): Enable administrative shares (C$, D$, ...)

To enable remote access to C$, D$, E$, etc. You have to add a registry key into system policies:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy

The type of the newly added key should be D-WORD (32-bit) value and the value should be set to 1.

To disable the shares, just remove the key or set it to zero.

Refs:

• http://www.paulspoerry.com/2007/05/09/how-to-access-administrative-shares-on-vista-c/
• http://www.softwaretipspalace.com/MS_Windows_Vista/Tips-and-Tricks/windows-vista-administrative-share.php