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NAS access denied, Windows does not prompt for name and password
I've reported this before, as have some others. As of one of the Windows updates a couple years ago, I lost the ability to click on a share in the Network display window and have it prompt me for a ...
Sandshark wrote:
It seems that Windows is now reacting differently to the NAS's reaction to my bad password and that likely explains why only some have this issue -- those with matching user name and different password. So does anyone know if there is a setting that will go back to what it used to do? Suggestions that I change what I state above is intentional are not helpful.
One thing you might try (as a test) is temporarily renaming the NAS account. I think Windows will then work as it did before (prompting you for credentials). That would tend to confirm your hypothesis.
Unfortunately I don't know how to adjust Windows behavior - though possibly there is a registry entry that would do the trick.
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