Monthly Archives: May 2014

Enable Mapping to \\Hostname\C$ Share on Windows 7 or Vista

The hidden administrator C$ share that is built into Windows file sharing, can’t be used in Windows 7 or Vista. The reason this doesn’t work is because of UAC (User Account Control). By default Vista doesn’t allow UAC elevation over the network with a local user account. There’s a registry key that we can use… Read More »