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
    2023-12-24T01:17:15+00:00

    Have to hate Microsoft as phone hack didnt work for me either

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-11-17T18:52:46+00:00

    hey after a bit of messing around i found out how to do it.

    go to the credential manager and then to the windows credential section. under the tab windows credentials hit add new credential. for the network addess go to thew properties of the folder you want to share then go to the sharing tab and copy the network path and past that in the address section. then for the password and username you can enter whatever you want. i like to use admin for the user name and then whatever password. click save and it should work

    EDIT: incase it wasnt clear you are adding the credentials in the PC that has the drive or file you want to share. then using them on the PC you want to acces the file from.

    hope that helps even though this post was a year ago.

    thanks

    andrew.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-09-22T14:47:28+00:00

    Oh I apologize. And yes, it is the username and password that you use to connect to your router. It has nothing g to do with our Microsoft account, go figure right! Lol I don't know what made me try that but it worked and I am so happy it did.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-09-14T13:46:33+00:00

    After weeks of frustration and denial of access, I'm sharing what has worked lately for me, with zero confidence that it will not be negated by some update somewhere, sometime.

    whoami returns computer name/username

    After much trial and error, what is working for me at this moment is to enter my username (only) in the user name blank and my Microsoft account password in the password blank.

    Here's hoping...

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-08-15T04:28:58+00:00

    Microsoft is doing everything it can to move customers to Apple or LINUX! This endless jacking around with passwords is pissing people off, and nonsensical.

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