Network file sharing not working between Windows 11 & Windows 10

Anonymous
2022-01-12T16:32:28+00:00

Hello, we have an office where there are several Desks, recently one of the employees upgraded their computers from windows 10 to windows 11, we had all of the computers set up for Local file sharing over the network, now for some reason since the upgrade, the Win11 PC can still see all the other Win10 PC's but none of the Win10 PC's can see or access the Win11 PC, we checked all the settings, and nothings changes, SMB is enabled on all PC's, and running same IP address's, file sharing in the network sharing center is still all turned on.

Any idea what caused this?

Thanks

Windows for business | Windows Server | Networking | Network connectivity and file sharing

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-02-01T23:52:05+00:00

    It's a fundamental flaw in Windows. Windows Hello, the recommended default login process, does not recognise it as a valid login. You must disable Windows Hello and login using your password. Networking then works fine. You could reenable Hello, but I can see no reason why you might want to.
    Microsoft needs to mend this FUNDAMENTAL FLAW in Windows as a priority.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-10-09T13:16:21+00:00

    Big data will get nothing from me. Years ago I was in charge of security and standby planning for nine mainframes on three sites. There's nothing you can teach me about backups.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-08-26T23:13:54+00:00

    I've found a temp solution.
    I created an account on the Win 11 machine and named it 'netuser'. I recommend you use something a little less official sounding. Then give that account Admin rights. When creating your shares on the Win 11 machine, be sure to give your 'netuser' account full access to all of the shares. Then on the Win 10 machine when you go to 'map network drive', check 'Connect using different credentials'. It will then give you the option to log in to your 'netuser' account. Be sure to check the 'Remember My Credentials' box. If you shared from the Win 11 machine with more than one account, you may be required to put in the account name, 'netuser', as well.
    You may need to restart both machines after this.

    Then at reboot, the shares should be connected.

    I hope this helps others, because this was driving me nuts for a while.

    Good luck!

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-08-26T05:16:54+00:00

    Me too!! Round in circles trying to fix. Should be simple.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-07-13T22:43:17+00:00

    I already tried to do the SMB

    But I still cannot share using network sharing.

    Can you please give me an example of where you are entering in the IP address to connect to the other device?

    Thanks.

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