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
    2022-11-23T09:47:09+00:00

    So, I know the password I was entering was correct only because my Microsoft account refused to allow me to change the password to the same password I was trying to login with claiming I had already used it. I would really like to understand how to use the Credentials Manager in order to determine the correct password, but it only allows me to Edit and Change the Password which isn't what I want to do, and shouldn't be necessary much less fix any problem. From what I can see, when I attempt to view a password it's hashed (encrypted). I'm unable to read what the password is, so is there a way to view the actual password using Credentials Manager or not?

    My other question is that I can easily share files and folders around my network if I disable the requirement to have an account on the PCs. To me that's a big security risk, and I'm uncomfortable doing that, but it may be what I have to do if the PC continues to refuse to share files with network devices. Is there anything I can do other than that to enable sharing?

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-11-23T07:52:25+00:00

    I have the same problem. Everything is correct but there is no access to the shared folders. This has happened since the last patches from Microsoft. As always we will have to wait for someone to discover the bug.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-16T20:54:55+00:00

    Microsoft what is the answer to this? one day it works the next it doesn't? This is soooo clunky.

    This used to work and since Windows 11 it is a shambles. I have wasted hours trying to find the answer to this problem which 328 other people also seem to have.

    Please get the basics right and focus some engineers on fixing this core functionality please that we all need and use daily.

    Also once you have a proven way to do this please document and make available so every other person in the world doesn't need to create a tutorial for this.

    Thanks

    Ben

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-06-08T17:53:24+00:00

    I HATE MICROSOFT. I should have gone with apple years ago.

    I hate their networking. I just spent 3000 on new computers that I can't use beause of this crappy networking.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-11-20T14:55:42+00:00

    I tried understanding the credentials screen. I could change the password, but not see what the current password was which really wasn't the problem. I was entering the correct password, but the network wasn't accepting it as valid. It was, however, valid. I attempted to enter the same password to change it to, and Windows said I had already used that password. Windows was aware of the password, but was failing to allow me into the network, until I changed the password. Once changed the login worked. I was trying to login something from my Meta VR Quest 2 headset into the network to view files on the system.

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