admin rights from computer outside of domain

Here is an interesting and disturbing problem:

I set up a local pc with xp sp2, logged in as local administrator with local
password. The pc was not yet joined to my domain, but was connected to our
ehternet lan. I went into File manger, and typed in \\file-server\d$ (our
domain controller) it gave me FULL ADMINISTRATIVE FILE RIGHTS to the file
server on XYZ domain. The pc was not joined to the domain, it was only in
the default workgroup (brand new pc, first time I logged in) The local
administrator password was not the same as my Domain Administrator password.
It did not ask me to log onto the domain, absolutely no connection, other
than they were on the same ethernet network.

Can anyone shed some light on this for me?

thanks Bill
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