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thebdub
Oct 06, 2025Follower
Win 11 or RN202?
'Newbie' here......
New Win11 computer, now can't write to ReadyNas 202. Access is fine, able to copy/read from new computer, even media player in TV room on WiFi, but can't put/paste new files on RN202. everything was fine with previous Win10 computer (not same hardware)
Can access Admin thru browser/URL, log-on, etc
On This PC, NAS shows up as a drive and is accessible (read only)
On Windows Explorer navigation column, click on NAS get:
Windows cannon access NAS
Check the spelling of the name. Otherwise, there might be a problem with your network. To try to identify and resolve network problems, click Diagnose (which is useless).
Permissions on both computer & NAS are 'wide open'
2 Replies
- SandsharkSensei - Experienced User
thebdub wrote:
Permissions on both computer & NAS are 'wide open
So are you using Guest access? Microsoft has depreciated guest access to servers. You should be using a user name and password that the NAS recognizes. You can user Admin, but there are good reasons not to. The easiest is to go into the admin interface and add your Windows user name and password to the recognized users. But if you are using a Microsoft account email-type log-on name, that's not going to work. You'll have to choose another name and password and, if you so desire, add those credentials to the Windows Credentials Manager on the PC.
- StephenBGuru - Experienced User
Sandshark wrote:
You should be using a user name and password that the NAS recognizes.
thebdub - you would have had to do the same with the Win10 machine. If that is still in service, you can check the windows credential manager on that PC, and use the same credentials on the new one.
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