Access the administrative share of another Windows 7 computer

Windows has an useful feature that allows one to access the administrative share of a remote Windows system. This capability is disabled by default but it is easily enabled. On the remote Windows 7 system [for other Windows versions], either disable UAC or add the following registry key entry.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

Name: LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy

Data Type: REG_DWORD

Value: 1

On the original host, open a folder and type the following in the location bar.

\\<HOSTNAME>\c$

You will be prompted for the username and password for the remote system. You will now have access to the root folder of the C drive.