DCC in WIN 2000

[PizzaMan]

I have a Win2000 machine which I need to copy some files off of. This is a stand alone machine which is not networked in any way (no NIC). In order to copy the files, I connected it via direct cable connection to another win2000 machine. At this point, I can get both machines to connect but cannot view the shared directory (root) on the host computer from the guest PC. I cannot find it by mapping or by browsing. I have the following protocols setup on both machines: file and printer sharing for MS network, TCP/IP, and Netbeui. Any suggestions?

[FatalException0E]

Have you created a share, or just looked at the drive, saw that it was shared and figured it was OK? Win2k sets up admin shares on all drives. They are hidden from browsing, but you can get to them if you go into an explorer window and type //computername/c$ (or whatever the drive letter is) in the address bar. Or, you can go to sharing on the drive properties and hit the 'new share' button to create a browsable (is that a word?) share.

Although, I've never really seen DCC work successfully. NICs are so cheap I'd recomend just picking up a couple of them and a cross-over cable.

[EvilCabbage]

Is it actually shared out? (C$)

DCC is going to be mighty, mighty slow too. Might almost be worth picking up a pair of network cards ($15 each) and a length of CAT5 (crossover cable, $5) and transferring it that way. Going to be a hell of lot faster, and having a network is always handy

[PizzaMan]

Not really concerned about the speed as the connection will only be used occasionally. I don't want to open the case because that would void the warranty and it's not my PC (though I'm the primary user). Besides, I like the learning experience of trying to get it to work.

As far as sharing, I went to properties > sharing > shared as > C$ Is there something else that I need to do.
I'll try these suggestions and see what I can come up with. If I can't get it to work, I'll just take it back to the store where they bought it and have NIC installed (thus keeping warranty intact). They have one listed for $8.50 but don't know how much they would charge to install ( <a href="http://www.5oclock.com" target="_blank">http://www.5oclock.com</a> ).

[Dark Millennium]

If I read your last post correctly you've hidden the share again by leaving that $ in. Simply remove that and you should have no problem seeing the shared drive.

[EvilCabbage]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Dark Millennium:
<strong>If I read your last post correctly you've hidden the share again by leaving that $ in. Simply remove that and you should have no problem seeing the shared drive.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">There is no reason the C$ share should not be available.

ie: mapping to \\computer\c$ should work, but require a username and password from the 'host' machine.

As far as voiding the warranty by opening the case up, I dont know about your local laws, but warranty voiding because a case has been opened, is illegal down here. You would be surprised at how handy it is to have good, fast, reliable connectivity is too.

[davepoet]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by EvilCabbage:
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Dark Millennium:
<strong>If I read your last post correctly you've hidden the share again by leaving that $ in. Simply remove that and you should have no problem seeing the shared drive.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">There is no reason the C$ share should not be available.

ie: mapping to \\computer\c$ should work, but require a username and password from the 'host' machine.

As far as voiding the warranty by opening the case up, I dont know about your local laws, but warranty voiding because a case has been opened, is illegal down here. You would be surprised at how handy it is to have good, fast, reliable connectivity is too.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Right on here. I had a similar problem experience the first time I tried to network Win2000.

Your host machine needs to have the User Name and Password for the other machin in its "Users" area in the control panel. You then need to set the User Permissions of the shared drive to allow "Full Access" for that user. Then you should be ready to go. Personally, I always will create a "New Share" for the drive and not use the C$ share.