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
    2022-12-04T23:18:16+00:00

    Great Job! Well documented. Problem resolved...

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-12-27T19:41:48+00:00

    Mine says there are no windows credentials so how am I running without that?

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-01-16T16:21:26+00:00

    Well, I must be super special for this didn't work for me.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-01-25T11:58:43+00:00

    THANK YOU!!!!

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-01-29T19:09:45+00:00

    I don't believe this BS from MS! That worked for me too! And I have it switched off on both machines.

    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!

    Thanks for your tip CAH17. I don't yet understand it, but entering my phone number (without country code) and Microsoft Account password allowed to connect to my other laptop to see the shared folders. Weird to me that it doesn't work with my Microsoft Account email address. I didn't try skipping the password like you did. Remote Desktop login still isn't working, but I don't need that right now.

    Just to be clear about my situation - I'm trying to connect from my Windows 11 laptop to my Windows 10 laptop at home.

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