Access Denied when using a new create local administrators account to Connect to Administrative Shares C$

Access Denied when using a new create local administrators account to Connect to Administrative Shares C$, D$

Problem:

When using a new create local administrators account to Connect to Administrative Shares C$, D$

You receive the following error:

But you able to use default local administrator account (administrator) to access C$ successfully

Reason:

UAC enabled

Solution:

Disable the UAC remote restrictions by adding the registry value (REG_DWORD) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy” to 1

No Reboot is required

Test on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and Windows Server 2012 R2

Reference:

https://helgeklein.com/blog/2011/08/access-denied-trying-to-connect-to-administrative-shares-on-windows-7/