Question Why is Windows 11 device prompting for user login when trying to access shared drive ?

[willeatpants]

I have multiple devices - they are on Windows 10 and everyone can read the main PC share drive.
No issues

I now have a Windows 11 device, I am trying to access my share drive but I get the ENTER NETWORK CREDS login. I did not have this issue when i set this up.
Any PC on Windows 10 is fine, it's only Windows 11 that has the issue.

Is there a fix out there - I know that I disable as much of the login creds as possible since its my personal setup for home, but where do I find the creds on my main PC.

I assume the user is my Main PC. BUT I use a pin to login. Did try all my normal PW. Nothing.

No I can not wipe 11 and install 10 on said device.

 

[helpstar]

Enable Network Discovery and File Sharing:

• Go to Settings > Network & Internet > Sharing options.
  
  
• Under "Private," turn on Network discovery and File and printer sharing.
  
  
• Under "All Networks," ensure Password protected sharing is turned off.

Share the Drive:

• Right-click: on the drive or folder you want to share and select Properties.
• Go to the Sharing tab.
• Click Share and then Select users or groups to share with.
• Choose a local account or select "Everyone".
• Set permissions (Read, Read/Write, etc.).
• Click Share and then Done.

 

[willeatpants]

Yeah, 99.99% sure that I've disabled PW (hence why my other win 10 devices can find my share drive with no hassle)
Might have to do that for the win 11 device - going to have to do this after work

 

[willeatpants]

Bah. Did nothing
just need to find what my credentials are

 

[BFG-9000]

Beginning with build 24H2, Windows 11 not only requires SMB signing but also disabled guest access to shared drives so all shares require a username and password to access. Blank ones won't work.

 

[helpstar]

just set a password and login automatically

 

[johnbl]

Yeah, 99.99% sure that I've disabled PW (hence why my other win 10 devices can find my share drive with no hassle)
Might have to do that for the win 11 device - going to have to do this after work

start cmd.exe as an admin then
net.exe user (will show the local account user names)
net.exe user guest (will show info about the account)

you can connect to the hidden interprocess communications share and override default connection validation.

ie
net use ipc$ \\myserver\ipc$ /user:machinename\username password

you can add /persistent:yes to save the connection after reboot
and add /savecred to save the password credentials for rebooting or you will be prompted for the password on each reboot.
(the machinename is the local machine you want your password to be validated against, the username/password will be in that local machines account database)

net.exe localgroup users
normally I would not make the connection persistent or save the credentials. I just use it in a batch file to override the default null session credentials that get provided so some ui programs will work correctly without a proper domain controller.