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
    2024-07-12T19:08:06+00:00

    I agree

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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
    2024-06-15T14:55:42+00:00

    I used my Microsoft Account login (Email & Password and IT WORKED!!! After being asked for the logging credentials, I had to click on Try Something Different (I forget the exact wording). Also, I had to be logged into my Microsoft Account on both computers.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-06-15T14:51:46+00:00

    I used my Microsoft Account login (Email & Password and IT WORKED!!! After being asked for the logging credentials, I had to click on Try Something Different (I forget the exact wording). Also, I had to be logged into my Microsoft Account on both computers.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-06-05T19:37:26+00:00

    Thanks for all the ideas!

    I was trying to access a usb drive attached to my router, not a different PC on the network.

    I finally resolved this problem by changing the router USB file sharing Enable authentication to NO

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