How can I map drives on networked Vista PCs?

Hi wukovits,

Try this

http://www.vista4beginners.com/Map-Network-Drive

Try somthing like \\IP Address\C$

Good luck.

That doesn't work, I've tried it.  I just turned off the NIS firewall, thinking that was blocking it, but no dice.

I have another drive letter that I'm trying to map, but same thing, can't do it.  I get this error when trying to view the drive, which is visible, under "Network":

Windows cannot access \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\c
Check the spelling of the name.  Otherwise, there might be a problem with your network.  To try and identify and resolve network problems, click Diagnose.

Error code: 0x80070005
Access is denied.

Any other ideas?

I even opened up the permissions all the way, and still I cannot access another Vista PC's C drive from this machine.  Even more odd:  there is an external drive, and I can't map to the root of that drive either.

Again, any assistance will be appreciated.

Hi wukovits,

Actually I had this problem too with NIS. You dont have to close the NIS completly. You just need turn off the live time protection options. Try to right click on the  NIS icon on your right hand side bottom of task bar. And select ticked live protection options and stop them. I suggest you stop all of them. After you un-tick them it will prompt you a box what time you want to turn back on the live time protection. Just select after restart.

If no luck then try to follow the network set up wizard and re-set both network connection.

Good luck.

When I get back there, I'll give that a shot.  What's weird is that turning off the firewall on NIS didn't work either.  I'll let you know when I give that a shot if it works.

Thanks!

I can map the folders on the drive, but not the drive itself.  Neither the C drive nor the external HD root.  NIS isn't the problem, as I disabled it and tried that to no avail.

I still haven't received any ideas that worked regarding sharing an entire hard drive at the root in Vista.  Can anyone help with this so I can close the question and award some points?

I'll go ahead and ask again:  Is there a way to map an entire hard drive letter in Vista?  Please refer to the previous comments to see what's been tried already, but bottom line is that I can't get 2 Vista PCs to map each other's drives on the network.  Even an external HD on one of them won't map the root.

HELP!

That explains a bit, the Vista Home issue.  Let me try these out when I return to the client's office and I'll let you know my results.

Thanks!!!