I am working with several computers on a domain. I administer several tasks including printers and files. For about half of the Windows 7 computers, I can connect to \\ComputerName\Printers and \\ComputerName\C$ to work on those machines. For the others, I get "access denied" errors. To add to the confusion, I have PC1 and I receive the access denied error when trying to connect to PC2\Printers or PC2\C$. However, PC2 can connect to PC1\Printers and PC1\C$ with no problem. I am an administrator on all the machines and have also tried to make connections using a domain admin account and for the PCs with the problem, nothing works. There must be some settting that is preventing access to these computers. I have searched the net for days and have seen other people with the same issue but no solutions. Network discovery is enabled, the firewall isn't blocking anything. Thanks, Wayne

Enable a GPO for Windows Firewall: Allow remote administration exception

Look in your event viewer for this error "The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed" If you find it then you need to do following Join the computer to a workgroup and join back to the domain.

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it but it didn't work. Note that on the machine that allows me to use this feature, that setting is not configured. Group Policy->Admin Templates->Network->Network Connections->Win Firewall->Domain Profile->Allow inbound... Also note that even \\ComputerName throws an error. "You do not have permission to access \\ComputerName. Contact your network administrator to request access.

Look in your event viewer for this error "The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed" If you find it then you need to do following Join the computer to a workgroup and join back to the domain.

Hi, How about accessing the problematic PCs through its IP address such as \\192.168.1.1\printer? Can you ping the computer successfully before accessing? I suggest disabling your security software and firewall, performing a clean boot on both side for a test. Also, you can refer to: http://www.jimmah.com/vista/content.aspx?id=6 Note: Since the website is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information. Niki Han TechNet Community Support

Hi, How about accessing the problematic PCs through its IP address such as \\192.168.1.1\printer? Can you ping the computer successfully before accessing? I suggest disabling your security software and firewall, performing a clean boot on both side for a test. Also, you can refer to: http://www.jimmah.com/vista/content.aspx?id=6 Note: Since the website is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information. Niki Han TechNet Community Support