Connecting to C$ on Clients ?

[jmair]

I used to be able to \\10.x.x.x\c$ then add my admin credentials and plop something on the clients desktop from my office. I now have a bunch of windows 10 machines and I cant do that anymore. What GP rule on the AD server can I make to allow me to do that?

[ass17]

Check this registry key is not set to 0.

 

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanManServer\

 

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[ass17]

Also check that the “Server” services is running, if it’s disabled then turn it on.

[jmair]

Awesome, thank you. Edited August 7, 2020 by jmair

[MatthewL]

I'd be checking firewall on the client first.

[jmair]

I'd be checking firewall on the client first.

 

Never would I have thought it was "File and Print Sharing" from windows 98 that I would be using again.

 

Quick How-to from Group Policy with Server 2019 to a Win 10 client.

 

GPO > Computer Config > Policies > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security > Inbound Rule , New Rule, Predefined Rule, File and Print Sharing. It add about 9 rules. Open Command Line and run gpupdate /force and then you're golden.