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pspec
Guide
Nov 29, 2022

win 10 pro asking for readyshare password r9000

hi all   I have the R9000 setup with 2 USB HD. I have only setup admin password and have no password set on the readyshare drives. i have no problem accessing the HDs from 4 TVs, a handful of tabl...
pspec's avatar
pspec
Guide
Dec 01, 2022
Same thing unfortunately..
I get the pop-up asking for password..
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michaelkenward
Guru - Experienced User
Dec 01, 2022

The message you see is from Windows.

 

Not much that Netgear can do for it.

 

This is not a message that I see for Readyshare. It does pop up when I try to access NAS devices that have their own security. In those cases it is asking for the details set on the NAS.

 

What does it look like when you aim the browser graphical user interface (GUI) at the ReadySHARE settings?

 

I see this:

 

 

 

 

 

  • pspec's avatar
    pspec
    Guide
    Dec 02, 2022

     

    here we go .

     

     

    • michaelkenward's avatar
      michaelkenward
      Guru - Experienced User
      Dec 02, 2022

      Not a ReadySHARE setting then.

       

      You said earlier:

       

      if i use that it shows me all media on the drives but no software without asking for password.

       

      What does that mean. You can't see exe files?

       

      Then this:

       

       

      Then it stopped, so went into windows and enabled SMBv1 (which i hear causes problems for Netgear routers) settings and all was good again.

       

      What stopped? Media access or exe visibility?

       

      What happens if you undo that move?

       

      Why did you enable SMBv1? Which problem were you trying to fix?

       

      That is a Windows access thing. It is related to what Windows Explorer shows.

       

       

       

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        pspec
        Guide
        Dec 02, 2022

         

        if i use the ReadyDLNA icon in network locations it allows me to see and play any video and photo. but won't write or show me any other file type.. As you can see below it also show USB Storage offline.

         

         

        But then it's only for media so that's all it should do. you would think as that has some kind of access it wouldn't ask of password when i click on the below network/readyshare...

         

         

        when i first installed win 10Pro i had no network access to Readyshare and with a bit of googling i found a lot of people saying to make sure SMBv1 was turned on on both PC and router.

         

        Router

         

         

        Windows

         

        Yep I've tried undoing the SMB fix.

        still the same asking for password.

         

        it does look like a windows security pop-up 

         

        doesn't make sense      AAAaaaaaaaaaaaaa  it's doing my head in...

         

         

        Thank