Find network access credentials windows 10 or 11

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Anonymous
2022-02-24T08:55:06+00:00

I've been running my local (wired) network with password protected sharing turned off.

To reduce the risk of infection I've now turned it on on all the pc's.

The result is that I am now unable to access any of the machines on the network (running windows 10 or 11)

I need to input the username and password

However using whoami locally to get the username, and entering the pin as the password I get

"the username or password is incorrect"

trying to access another machine I get "\XXXXX is not accessible. ... etc."

Is there a simple way I can turn on machine A and determine what credentials are required to access it from another PC via the network?

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Internet and connectivity

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-03-17T22:31:38+00:00

    Perhaps the Target Computer with the files you want needs to have the the shared directory/files set up??

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-03-17T22:23:33+00:00

    With the phone number I am allowed to see the shared volumes but cannot access them because the system claims I don't have permissions.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-03-17T22:21:41+00:00

    The information there is useless.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-03-10T20:19:39+00:00

    I was able to sign in with my Microsoft username/password.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-03-08T23:54:40+00:00

    You have to open Credential Manager on each user account (on the remote computer). There you can see can edit user name and password. I just entered "guest" for user name and left the password field blank, instead of entering a phone number as others have metioned (found that on Reddit).

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