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
    2024-06-18T03:07:40+00:00

    GP Edit Fixed my issue on the network. Enable insecure logins in GP Edit

    I run 2 Win 11 Pro, 24h2 and 23h2 machines.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-06-26T23:03:36+00:00

    I was struggling with this as well and just figured it out. The username (your live account) seems to be case sensitive.
    On mine, the LIVE.COM is capitalized.
    The password to use is the password for your live account, not the Windows PIN. The username is the email with the proper capitalization.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-07-12T19:08:06+00:00

    I agree

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-07-14T14:09:56+00:00

    Been there - done that. Does not work! It has something to do with microsoft's passwordless accounts. I finally - after trying everything I've read everywhere used my PHONE number for user name and skipped the password and it actually connected!

    Go figure!

    This was unexpectedly helpful. It works. After a few hours of solutions searching it found that this one works! Mind blowing.

    Thank you !

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-08-03T02:03:00+00:00

    Thank you MattEllicott,

    After spend a whole day trying to figure out how to make this work, your solution was the only that worked for me!!

    Brilliant!

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