How do I access admin shares on windows 2008 r2?

Question

I am not able to access admin file shares on a Windows 2008 R2 box, if I'm logged in as a user who is part of the Administrators group. The only way I can access those shares is if I use the built in Administrator account. How can I configure the server to allow any administrator to access the file system via admin shares? Btw, this works with Windows 2003.

By admin shares, I refer to: \192.168.1.4\c$ or \192.168.1.4\e$

Answer 1

Here is the fix: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947232

Answer 2

Windows 2008 is more locked down then Windows 2003. I believe that the admin shares are only accessible to the "true" local admin user. To give similar access to other users you will need to create a new share that gives those users that access.

The may be one of the security changes between 2003 and 2008 that is reverted if you turn off UAC, though I have not tried this myself.