Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Fokke Nauta Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-11 Subject: Re: Can't connect to laptop Date: Fri, 2 May 2025 19:01:28 +0200 Lines: 73 Message-ID: References: <15vqnm75xxu5j.dlg@v.nguard.lh> <149rozclm1wh6.dlg@v.nguard.lh> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net NCPtturBJkgBbymfakH1Iwr+T5J5byqju/cvNR24DDntacvWS2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:sAkhfI7+aTzJaTgX7IjLFPCsmCk= sha256:tGq5Fncp8AHKwNcMeHLrq3SKcnlsOdEFgABOf759xT4= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.15.1 Content-Language: nl In-Reply-To: <149rozclm1wh6.dlg@v.nguard.lh> Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.os.windows-11:18985 On 02/05/2025 15:31, VanguardLH wrote: > Fokke Nauta wrote: > >> VanguardLH wrote: >> >>> When you look at the properties of the shares on her computer, under >>> Advanced Sharing, and click on Permissions, is Everyone listed with >>> Full control, change, and read permissions? Sorry if this >>> duplicates a prior inquiry, but I want to ensure everyone and anyone >>> has all access. >> >> Yes, I installed everyone with full access. But when I go back, and >> look again at the share, there is no Everyone. Obviously after I >> installed it, it disappears again. >> >> I did all of this remotely bij RealVNC Viewer. > > Under what account on her computer did you login when using VNC when > Everyone was missing? Her admin account. > Next you said you logged under her account via > VNC, so the inference is you used a different account before. No. > >> I logged in oh her admin account on her laptop and lookes at the >> shares. Now there was Everyone with full access. > > When you try to connect to her computer (not through VNC, but as your > host on the same intranet as she), are you logged under an admin-level > Windows account on your computer? Yes > > You might have to try using an unauthenticated account (Guest) to see if > that works to get to her shares. You could use regedit, but you have > the Pro edition, so use gpedit. Go to Computer Configuration -> Windows > Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options, and > set "Accounts: Guest account status" to "Enabled". I don't remember if > you have to restart Windows to effect the change, so restart anyway. > This is done on her computer to enable the Guest account on her > computer. Sorry, no interest. > > The guest account is needed for unauthenticated access to a Windows > share. You said, on your computer, your Credentials Manager didn't have > a Windows credentials for her computer, so see if you can connect to her > after she has the Guest account enabled. > > Also, on her computer, check Control Panel (control.exe) -> Network and > Sharing Center, Advanced sharing settings, expand All Networks, and turn > off password protected sharing. No. > This enables the guest account > (unauthenticated) access. Otherwise, you need an account on her > computer under which you can log into her shares. That works. > > If "turn on password" is enabled, I would've thought you had gotten a > prompt to enter your account's login credentials for your account on her > computer. Do you have an account on her computer (same username, and > maybe same password, as on your computer)? No. Fokke