network admin

i have a home network and i was trying to remote shutdown my brother but it
keept saying access denied. i read online that i had to be the network admin
to do this. i have tried this on other computers at my house but none of them
seem to be the network admin. my computer runs on windows vista and the other
computers at my house run on xp.

my question is can i set up my computer (the one that runs on windows vista)
as the network admin or do i have to set up one of the other computers as the
network admin and how do i set up network admin?

the router i have is dynex. if this matters at all...

On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:42:03 -0800, help plz <help
plz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>i have a home network and i was trying to remote shutdown my brother but it
>keept saying access denied. i read online that i had to be the network admin
>to do this. i have tried this on other computers at my house but none of them
>seem to be the network admin. my computer runs on windows vista and the other
>computers at my house run on xp.
>
>my question is can i set up my computer (the one that runs on windows vista)
>as the network admin or do i have to set up one of the other computers as the
>network admin and how do i set up network admin?
>
>the router i have is dynex. if this matters at all...

To be a network admin, you have to access the other computer (your brother's) as
an administrator. If your brother is smart, he isn't going to give you
administrator access. If your brother has Windows XP Home, XP Pro with Guest
access, or Vista with Password Protected Sharing disabled, you won't be able to
do this anyway.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Guest>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...-xp.html#Guest

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