Bumping this! Crazy that I could not use my microsoft password nor a credential I created, but creepy that my phone number without a password worked. Jeez, Microsoft
Find network access credentials windows 10 or 11
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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?
Windows for home | Windows 10 | Internet and connectivity
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Anonymous
2022-09-23T12:31:59+00:00 -
Anonymous
2022-10-16T21:35:49+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!
OMG!!! I was at my wit's end trying to file share 2 Windows 11 PCs... When I read you post I thought "This isn't going to work, but I am going to try it anyway."
IT WORKED!!!!??? Why!!??! This makes no sense to me what so ever...
Can someone explain to me why I needed to enter my phone number and Microsoft Live account password to connect my 2 Windows 11 PCs, both with ALL credentials deleted, and File Sharing Passwords set to OFF?!?!?!?!
EDIT: My Microsoft password is not needed, but my phone number is needed for the account name???
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Anonymous
2022-10-17T15:00:49+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!
OMG!!! I was at my wit's end trying to file share 2 Windows 11 PCs... When I read you post I thought "This isn't going to work, but I am going to try it anyway."
IT WORKED!!!!??? Why!!??! This makes no sense to me what so ever...
Can someone explain to me why I needed to enter my phone number and Microsoft Live account password to connect my 2 Windows 11 PCs, both with ALL credentials deleted, and File Sharing Passwords set to OFF?!?!?!?!
EDIT: My Microsoft password is not needed, but my phone number is needed for the account name???
I've finally found the solution (above!) -its been stressing me out for weeks so tonight im gonna celebrate!!
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Anonymous
2022-10-21T18:29:14+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!
OMG!!! I was at my wit's end trying to file share 2 Windows 11 PCs... When I read you post I thought "This isn't going to work, but I am going to try it anyway."
IT WORKED!!!!??? Why!!??! This makes no sense to me what so ever...
Can someone explain to me why I needed to enter my phone number and Microsoft Live account password to connect my 2 Windows 11 PCs, both with ALL credentials deleted, and File Sharing Passwords set to OFF?!?!?!?!
EDIT: My Microsoft password is not needed, but my phone number is needed for the account name???
I've finally found the solution (above!) -its been stressing me out for weeks so tonight im gonna celebrate!!
Don't get too excited. After a few days I tried to grab a file from one of the two PCs on this network and it IS NOT WORKING AGIAN!!!!
I have tried everything, phone numbers, user names, passwords, Microsoft passwords, and all combinations of them.
I checked and rechecked all sharing settings on both PCs, and rebooted them multiple times.
I can not connect to either of them, from either of them. And no settings have changed.
Total waste of time, easier to e-mail myself files, or even use a thumb drive and move it from room to room. All this after I had spent the time getting it work work, AND THEN all the time allowing permissions on both PCs drives/folders, which took hours to do...
THANKS A LOT MICROSOFT!!! I swear it's like someone at Microsoft read this thread and saw the phone number solution and said "Nope, screw this guy!" and disabled it...
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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.