Networking username & password in Windows 10

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I ran the troubleshooter. However, I am not having trouble with internet connections. I am having trouble with shared files. I ran the shared files troubleshooter and the result is: "You don't have permissions to access the share." Prior to Win 10, all we had to do was have the same username/password on all of the computers in order to share files. What is different now? And how can I fix it?

Thank you!

The network password problem has occurred on two systems I have worked on , each after one computer is upgraded to Windows 10.

It took me some while to find out how to stop the network password request.

Windows 10 has an additional network sharing setting not seen in Windows 7.

Find your way to Advanced Network Sharing Settings starting in the Control Panel. When the window opens scroll down to the bottom and locate All Networks, click on the down arrow to the right and then scroll down and select the radio button next to Turn off Password Protected Sharing, click on Save Changes and your done.

Thanks for the reply Davmax1589. I tried your idea and it doesn't work. The first time I tried to connect to the Win 7's files after rebooting them with your suggestion, it did connect to the Win 7 network connection. It actually showed the shared files. When I clicked on one of the shared files it brought up the password pop up box again and I could not progress. I then closed the File Explorer window and started a new one, and it was back to the username/password box just from clicking onto the computer from network connections again just like before the change. I have no problem connecting to the files on the computer that was updated to Win 10, but to go the other direction it did not work. I tried a suggestion on another thread and it worked. I just had to rename my the other computer. I just added an "a" to the computer's name and now they connect both directions just fine. The only thing I can figure is that it may have not been a problem if the computer running Win 7 had been shut off during the upgrade. For some reason the Win 10 machine will not connect to any computers that were up and running during the upgrade. The other computers can share the Win 10 machine's files, but the Win 10 machine keeps asking for the username and password for the other computers in an endless loop of "incorrect username or password" pop ups. It is very frustrating, but now I am back in business. Take care. Matt

The network password problem has occurred on two systems I have worked on , each after one computer is upgraded to Windows 10.

It took me some while to find out how to stop the network password request.

Windows 10 has an additional network sharing setting not seen in Windows 7.

Find your way to Advanced Network Sharing Settings starting in the Control Panel. When the window opens scroll down to the bottom and locate All Networks, click on the down arrow to the right and then scroll down and select the radio button next to Turn off Password Protected Sharing, click on Save Changes and your done.

I removed the password requirement on my pc & laptop--both are Windows 10.  On my pc, I am able to access my laptop files, but on my laptop (which has been upgraded from 8.1 to W10), under the network name of the pc is a folder called Users & under that are 2 folders:  Default migrated and Public.  My pc docs are not in either of these folders.  Now what?

Is there anyway I can speak to technical support person instead of a virtual one.  it's frustrating trying to put your problem through.

I have completely forgotten my Microsoft acct including username and password.

How do I recover these??

or

when asked enter the username and password of a user on the win 7 machine that has authority to access the folder.

tick the 'remember my credentials' box and you want see the request again.

You can recover the password if you start the lost password process and IF you know your account name and you made sure that your account details include a phone number (preferred mobile for receive a code by text) and or an alternate email address, both can be used to verify that you are legit by receiving a code that you then enter to verify you. If you do not know your user/account name create another account and make sure to include all the required details in the account and record the user name for future reference.

Have you tried removing the credentials in Credential Manager on both machines and trying again?