How to activate administrative share(C$,D$ ) in Windows Vista ?

Windows Vista administrative share is not enabled by default,because of security reasons, so I will show you how to activate the administrative share.
Clearly, this method is for people who use their computers at home (except professionals who can connect to the VPN and corporate network and log on to a Microsoft).
. Windows Vista administrative share is not enabled by default,because of security reasons,so I will show you how to activate the administrative share.
Clearly, this method is for people who use their computers at home (except professionals who can connect to the VPN and corporate network and log on to a Microsoft).

STEP 1:-
Launch First the Registry Editor using the module with real-time search from Start menu and then type "regedit" and click on search.
Once you are inside the register go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ System
From there, make a right click on the "System" and, in the context menu that appears, click on "New" then "Key DWORD 32-bit", if you have Windows Vista 64 then type "Key DWORD 64-bit"
A new key appears. Select it and press F2 to change it's name.Name it"LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy" and then double mouse click on the key and change it's value to "1"
Now, you can access hidden resources, here are some examples of use:
A Windows XP PC can access C$, D$, etc. on a Windows Vista
A Windows Vista PC (registry key unmodified) may reach C$, D$, etc. on a Windows Vista
A Windows Vista PC (registry key amended) does not have access to C$, D$, etc. on a Windows Vista (registry key unchanged)
If you want to access to these resources, even if you made good changes to the registry, you must have a valid user account with the necessary rights.

STEP 2:-
Virtual drive:-
Use the SUBST command to substitute a drive letter for a path in order to treat a virtual drive (a reserved area rather than an actual disk drive) as a physical drive i.e create a new drive for your Favourite Folder in MS-DOS Prompt.

For e.g if you want to create a drive named Z for your Program files folder then u need to enter the followin in ur DOS mode

subst z: "c:\program files"-->Put in Quotes

This will create a drive named Z in your My Computer so that you can directly access your program files contents from this Drive.
You can also create a Seperate drive for your seperate folder for accessing data easily. For e.g Seperate drive for your music folder etc.


to remove
subst z: /D -->Space Between the Drive and /D
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