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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?
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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).
is there a reason you cant see the passwords under the windows credentials tab. only the dots. you cant hit show
Where exactly do you enter that phone number ? Do you start at Credential Manager or EACH PC and edit every PC listed? I have tried everyhings and this is a total waste of time and really a poor system that Microsoft should be ashamed of putting out to the users to try to make things work. They need a real video on a website to show step by step all the things that must be done to make this happen. Worse yet the issue can come and go between different PC's on my networks. Really frustrating.
OK, I have made some progress. I did not realise that password protection had been switched on by the udate to the laptop. I have switched that off now and the PC can now see the laptop and connect to Users. But in Users I can only see the user "Default", not my user name.
How do I get to see my user name?
I have the same issue. I am trying to connect my Windows 10 desktop, that I use as a file server, to my Windows 11 laptop. This worked fine until the most recent update, now it asks "Enter network credentials". But unlike above, the username is preset to the name of the laptop and I cannot change it to my phone number. The logon password to the laptop does not work and my Windows logon password does not work.
How do I find the password? How do I change the username if I need to? I have tried following the instructions given in the first reply (24 Feb 2022, DaveM121) but what I see in Control Panel does not match what is given there so I never find the option to show the password.
PC
Edition Windows 10 Pro
Version 22H2
Installed on 04/02/2021
OS build 19045.5371
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19060.1000.0
Laptop
Edition Windows 11 Home
Version 24H2
Installed on 26/01/2025
OS build 26100.2894
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.36.0