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User field in the ReadyNas NV+ to short for windows 10 live account
My 10+ year old windows 7 64 pro PC was just replaced and I find out a major headache which I hope there is a easy solution to both worlds. My old PC was running a local account ie " God " and my na...
Fire is out and no need for a firmware update to let the nas use account info longer then 20 charactors or having to run a "non live" windows 10 account =P.
So I was being a blockhead as I did know the answer.
In my case I couldn't access the Nas with my known credentials was because Windows 10 was displaying me as a Domain PC.
Starting to suspect I logged back into my windows 10 live account and back to the basics I used "local/god" in the user field with the standard password (as I deleted my previous entery in the credental manager). Walha I can now access all my exsiting nas directories like I could under windows 7 or as a local account with windows 10.
Maybe someone can explain why windows 10 ( at least when running a live account ( ie user account someone@hotmail.com)) thinks it should act like it's on a domain when configured as part of a workgroup? Or at least on this fresh clean windows 10 pro install. Note: a explaination is not a responsibility of the Netgear comunity but it would help other down the road who might read this post witht the same problem of Nas access with windows 10.
Fire is out and no need for a firmware update to let the nas use account info longer then 20 charactors or having to run a "non live" windows 10 account =P.
So I was being a blockhead as I did know the answer.
In my case I couldn't access the Nas with my known credentials was because Windows 10 was displaying me as a Domain PC.
Starting to suspect I logged back into my windows 10 live account and back to the basics I used "local/god" in the user field with the standard password (as I deleted my previous entery in the credental manager). Walha I can now access all my exsiting nas directories like I could under windows 7 or as a local account with windows 10.
Maybe someone can explain why windows 10 ( at least when running a live account ( ie user account someone@hotmail.com)) thinks it should act like it's on a domain when configured as part of a workgroup? Or at least on this fresh clean windows 10 pro install. Note: a explaination is not a responsibility of the Netgear comunity but it would help other down the road who might read this post witht the same problem of Nas access with windows 10.
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