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Is it possible to remotely access a USB drive attached to a networked computer?

On the target computer the USB stick maps as G:/

However, if I enter the following in run
\\saturn03\G$

It does not find it.

Whereas, if I enter \\saturn03\C$
I can access the c drive...

Can this not be done with USB?

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USB device will not get shared automatically. You may share the USB device with $ suffix and it will be a hidden share. try to access that, it should work.
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What steps do you use to remote to the pc.  I likely have the rights but not sure how to do it.
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What steps do you use to remote to the pc.  I likely have the rights but not sure how to do it.

Type this in Start > Run:  mstsc /v:REMOTEPC /admin

Replace "REMOTEPC" with the name of the machine you want to remote to.  Then you will need to enter your username and password at the login screen.
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no go.  I have a desktop and a laptop and tried connecting to my laptop from my desktop.

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Do you have admin rights on these machines?  If so, what operating systems are they running?  You may need to enable remote access on the target machine.
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I do have rights... I am guessing the OS was the problem.  The target computer had windows7 .  I tried another one that was XP and was able to connect.