View Unshared Documents In Network Computers

[adam]

Hi anyone,

I've created a network in my home with five Computers. At present I could view the documents of the shared folder only from my Computer.

My question of concern is ;there a way I could see the unshared folders of the rest of the computers from my Computer? Like the desktop items.

Any help on this would be kindly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

[JoeP]

The short answer is YES.

What operating systems are in use?

Joe

[StuartR]

If you have an administrator username and password then you could connect to the "administrative" shares. These are hidden shares with the drive name followed by a $, for example C$, D$, E$ etc.

[adam]

I'm using Windows XP and Windows 7.

[JoeP]

Networking Windows 7 with XP & Vista is a good starting point. Also, see Sharing files & printers between Win7 & XP.

Joe