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Windows 10 Pro: no longer able to access NAS shares
I have been living in the past -- running an in home workgroup with a half-dozen machines mostly running XP, backed up and with files shared on two ReadyNAS NV+ and one ReadyNAS Duo. All machines ha...
In addition to the deprecation of SMBv1 in Win10, Microsoft has also been tightening up on guest access. Your problem could be related to the credentials Windows is using.
Try running the windows command prompt (CMD) and enter
net use * /delete
net use t: \\nas-ip-address\c /user:admin nas-admin-password
using the real IP address and admin password of course. Be careful on the typing, particularly spaces and the slash direction.
The first command terminates any open network sessions - it might tell you there are none, or it might prompt for confirmation. If it prompts, let it proceed.
The second command attempts to map the NAS data volume to drive letter T. That requires NAS admin credentials, and it won't work if your NAS admin password is still set to the default netgear1.
Let us know if this works (and if not, what errors you get).
There are a couple other possibilities you could check:
- Internet Security Software might be blocking access, so try disabling that software if it's installed on the PC
- If the network connection is classified as public, then Windows will block SMB access by default.
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