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Unable to access mapped drive
Hi, I have recently lost access (on my Windows 10 machine) to a drive mapped to an old ReadyNAS NV+, after working flawlessly for many years. Even trying to access the NAS on File Explorer using ...
The NV+ only suports SMB1, and your recent Windows update probably disabled that. HTTP(S) access, of course, doesn't rely on that, so still works. You can turn SMB1 back on in the "Turn Windows features on and off" control panel.
The NV+ only suports SMB1, and your recent Windows update probably disabled that. HTTP(S) access, of course, doesn't rely on that, so still works. You can turn SMB1 back on in the "Turn Windows features on and off" control panel.
Many thanks Sandshark , enabling the SMB1 client fixed the issue. I can now access the ReadyNAS from File Explorer using its IP address. Although I'm still unable to access it using the old hostname. I'm guessing it's cached somewhere, because if I change the hostname it works fine. Slightly annoying having to change all my references to a new name...
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