Network share on one PC refuses all fixes

[dmart7]

I have a Dell Laptop in my home network that, for many months, has refused to share its shared contents. It used to work. I have tried ALL the fixes suggested across the internet - many times. It always says "Windows cannot access...You do not have permission...." It is setup the same as all other W10 computers on the network. This is a last ditch search for a novel bit of troubleshooting before I go to the extreme and reinstall W10 afresh on the offending laptop.

As background - I have run a Windows home network of 3+ computers since the late 1990s, so I know the basics and a bit more, and have managed many glitches over the years. But not this one. For what it is worth, I suspect that the problem lies in names, accounts, profiles or credentials, if only because I find these more difficult to understand and diagnose!

 

[RavenLunatic]

Have you signed into the laptop with the full password in the past or have you always used the pin?

I had a similer problem and descovered sharing would not work unless the computer had been properly signed in at least once with the full password.

Until I did this I would get errors saying password or username was wrong even though It was correct!

 

[dmart7]

Thanks. I've been round the password buoy, but your suggestion made me retry with something different, but still to no avail.

A full reinstall beckons....

 

[UnknownDonut]

Do you have anything different running on your Dell, antivirus, VPN ?
Try disabling them.

 

[brendy]

I'll throw in a daft SMB related problem ticket into the hat.

 

[Vince]

Am assuming you have check SMB direct and/or tested SMB 1.0 (a security risk) and CIFS?

 

[ChrisD.]

I have a Dell Laptop in my home network that, for many months, has refused to share its shared contents. It used to work. I have tried ALL the fixes suggested across the internet - many times. It always says "Windows cannot access...You do not have permission...." It is setup the same as all other W10 computers on the network. This is a last ditch search for a novel bit of troubleshooting before I go to the extreme and reinstall W10 afresh on the offending laptop.

As background - I have run a Windows home network of 3+ computers since the late 1990s, so I know the basics and a bit more, and have managed many glitches over the years. But not this one. For what it is worth, I suspect that the problem lies in names, accounts, profiles or credentials, if only because I find these more difficult to understand and diagnose!

What is the firewall profile set to of the affected PC? Have you tried to disable the firewall completely?

 

[Mr Evil]

Have you tried qualifying the username when logging in? i.e. if the machine with the share is called "HAL-9000" and your username is "Dave" then log in as "HAL-9000\Dave" rather than just "Dave".