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
    2024-02-29T22:38:48+00:00

    Hi - ive had the same problem, AND the phone number and no password worked for me as well !! >>????

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-24T14:59:50+00:00

    Thanks a lot.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-12-12T17:46:43+00:00

    Amazing. It worked for me. This time. Too weird.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-11-09T15:13:57+00:00

    Thank you for the phone number tip - very strange, but thankful to have found something that works!

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-10-05T23:20:07+00:00

    Winn 11 lost almost everything and had a severe problem with " This website is unreachable. I reset t my Internet settings from the start menue and everything came back and seems to be working well. Just as before with all my program icons and sign-on! So far so good. Now even Microsoft Edge is set the same. My screen looks just as it did in Win 10.

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