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Sep 11, 2010 3:45 AM

Unable to connect to the network share 'x.x.x.x\ADMIN$'.

Crikey! The 1st time I try to use the converter standalone and I get this error when it trys to install the agent on the remote source! I've followed the instructions to the letter: Converter installed on XPSP3 in the same workgroup as the source XPSP3 PC. Admin a/c and password correct ( I can net use a share when sharing is switched on). Firewalls on both PCs switched off. File sharing on the source disabled (not quite sure why I have to do this, but it's in the instructions).

I get these entries in the converter-worker-1.log:

#4 Unable to connect to the network share 'x.x.x.x\ADMIN$'. Unable to connect to the network share 'x.x.x.x\ADMIN$'. Install Agent on 192.168.2.5

#4 Unable to connect to the network share 'x.x.x.x\ADMIN$'. Unable to connect to the network share 'x.x.x.x\ADMIN$'. Connecting to ADMIN$ on 192.168.2.5 as 192.168.2.5\administrator

#4 Unable to connect to the network share 'x.x.x.x\ADMIN$'. Unable to connect to the network share 'x.x.x.x\ADMIN$'. SMB manager: Host could not be reached over the network to map share http://\\192.168.2.5\ADMIN$.

 

And that's it. I tried re-enabling file sharing on the source, but that made no difference.

 

What am I doing wrong? Is there a workaround? Please help!

 

Regards, Peter

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1. Sep 11, 2010 4:39 AM in response to: peter1x
Re: Unable to connect to the network share 'x.x.x.x\ADMIN$'.

Hi Peter,

 

Welcome to the forums.

 

To have admin shares available, you can try to start Server service on the PC you want to virtualize.

 

Hope it helps

 

Regards

 

Franck

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2. Sep 11, 2010 5:19 AM in response to: FranckRookie
Re: Unable to connect to the network share 'x.x.x.x\ADMIN$'.

Hi Franck,

Thanks for the suggestion but, unfortunately, when I went to start the server service, I found it already started. I restarted it, just in case, but still get the same error.

(Not sure what happened to the log entries in my initial post: It was all plain text that I pasted - no crossings out or links. All the square brackets have disappeared - strange goings on!)

This is frustrating as it ought to be straightforward to fix - I have the simplest network and all comms appear to be working fine (except in converter!).

Regards,

Peter

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3. Sep 11, 2010 8:00 AM in response to: peter1x
Re: Unable to connect to the network share 'x.x.x.x\ADMIN$'.

Can you successfully connect to the XP PC you want to convert with

net use *
192.168.2.5\admin$ /u:192.168.2.5\administrator *

If yes, run a net use and make sure there are no existing mappings to the PC before you start the conversion.

 

André

 

EDIT: Does your password contain any special characters or blanks?

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4. Sep 11, 2010 8:33 AM in response to: peter1x
Re: Unable to connect to the network share 'x.x.x.x\ADMIN$'.

From the machine you want to virtualize, open a DOS prompt and enter "net share". If you can't find ADMIN$ in the result, you need to change this registry key (create a DWORD if it doesn't exist):

- HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters\AutoShareWks

 

Give it the value "1" and restart the service. Check with "net share" if the admin share is created.

 

Good luck!

 

Franck

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5. Sep 14, 2010 7:30 AM in response to: FranckRookie
Re: Unable to connect to the network share 'x.x.x.x\ADMIN$'.

 

I found the problem! Turn off SIMPLE file sharing not file sharing. Then the admin shares are available and the converter works.

 

 

THanks for your suggestions, they helped narrow it down.

 

 

Regards,

 

 

Peter

 

 

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6. Feb 17, 2011 5:23 AM in response to: peter1x
Re: Unable to connect to the network share 'x.x.x.x\ADMIN$'.

I was able to get it to work by simply using the local admin credentials instead of network admin credentials

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7. Feb 17, 2011 5:31 AM in response to: njmnjm
Re: Unable to connect to the network share 'x.x.x.x\ADMIN$'.

Are you disable "simple sharing" on the machine? If not, just disable simple-sharing.

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8. Feb 17, 2011 5:51 AM in response to: POCEH
Re: Unable to connect to the network share 'x.x.x.x\ADMIN$'.

POCEH, simple file shareing was already turned off for me and I still had the problem. Simply using the local admin credentials resolved the issue for me. I can't speak to any of the other users in this discussion.

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9. Feb 17, 2011 6:21 PM in response to: POCEH
Re: Unable to connect to the network share 'x.x.x.x\ADMIN$'.

Hi POCEH,

My problem was that VMWares instructions were wrong! The instructions say to turn off file sharing: the word "simple" is missing from that sentence. As per Franck's suggestion when I opened a DOS prompt (on the PC I wanted to clone) and typed  "net share", I couldn't see ADMIN$.That's what lead me to turn off simple file sharing. Then the share was available.

njmnjm's problem was that s/he couldn't connect to the admin share because s/he wasn't logged in as admin.

Peter

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