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
    2023-01-11T00:32:40+00:00

    Hi James, I have same issue. Try this, working for me.

    regedit on Win10

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanWorkstation\Parameters

    Add key AllowInsecureGuestAuth Dword32 to 1

    done

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-11-06T11:26:58+00:00

    This is clearly a hard fault. Why Microsoft hasn't done anything about it remains a mystery.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-11-06T00:58:43+00:00

    The solution provided by @MxAD82 worked for me.

    I had the same problem where my Windows 10 machine could not access SMB files shares on my Windows 11 machine. Following the steps below on both the Windows 10 and Windows 11 machine worked for me:

    1. Set 'For improved security, only allow Windows Hello sign-in for Microsoft accounts on this device' to OFF.
    2. Sign Out or better yet, restart.
    3. Sign in to the Microsoft account using the account password.

    Notes:

    • Step 1 allows use of the account password. Step 3 caches the password on the local machine. Thanks to another user who suggested this second part may be part of the problem.
    • It worked for me even after setting 'For improved security, only allow Windows Hello sign-in for Microsoft accounts on this device' back to ON and logging in with the account PIN.
    • I suspect this won't last forever, especially if you login using Windows Hello (PIN, Fingerprint, Camera), as the account password will need to be re-cached.
    • It took approximately 30 seconds after restarting before the file shares were accessible. Patience is a virtue.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-10-27T17:38:51+00:00

    Mine was working sporadically. Using the SHARE button to transfer files worked great for a short period, then stopped. So I began using BLUETOOTH transfer via SEND/RECEIVE on the BLUETOOTH SETTINGS page - that worked fine for a while also, then stopped. Now neither works.. at all. Period.

    All devices are "seen" - discoverable. All are "paired" and "connected".

    My phone, headphones and wireless router all work fine, just no connection between Win 11 laptop and Win 10 desktop - in either direction.

    I've given up completely on wireless file transfers. I'm back to using my thumb drives. Welcome to the future...

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