Windows 11 problem, mapping network drive

Thanks, but this didn't work.

I have compared the credential settings on the problem Window11 installation with those on another Windows11 PC I have.

Both have the same network information and settings. The network (router IP) is set as public on both. Shouldn't require a password to map a USB drive connected to that, my, router.

Both sets of Windows credentials for the router IP address are identical, I deleted and reentered those on the problem installation.

But I get the same result. When I try to map the drive (I have this mapped on two other platforms Windows 10 and 11, and never saw this username/password request on either when I mapped them) I get the The username or password is incorrect message again.

This should not be happening. Something is wrong if Windows security doesn't even recognize that the network it is accessing is simply a drive on the router that it, obviously, already has access to.

This is a brand new computer, with no bloatware. Only a new clean installation of W11 OME and a few programs I've added to play media files. There should be a straightforward way to fix this. If some buried setting is not set correctly, I didn't set it that way. Very frustrating.

I also had this problem or a very similar problem.

However, I am on Windows 11 Professional on a Laptop. MY issue if the I am running a Hard Drive (HHD) off a router as a file servers. 2 Desktops (Win11 with 23H2 and WIN10), 2 laptops (Win11 with 24H2 and WIN10) and several mobile devices (Android and iPADOS). For users on the WiFi network, no password required to access the networked HHD. All connected devices have access to the router and file server file.

No Windows devices ever had a problem with mapping a drive to the HHD or locating it via a mobile device.

Only recently, I also updated to 24H2 on the WIN11 Laptop but not the WIN11 Desktop. Since then the WIN11 Laptop would not map drive to the HHD without asking for credentials. It had the user as "admin" and no password would work even after I removed the router credentials in Control Panel/Users Accounts/Manage your credentials/windows credentials and then tried to remap the HHD having to reenter the user name "admin" with a new password. It still would not accept the new password.

Like you I tried for hours and hours with various online remedies which did not work for me (having to reset each setting back to what it was previously) and even tried DSIM and SFC scans. So, this is more for other who may have the same problem.

I was lucky in having WIN11 Pro and didn't need to play around with the Registry Editor, the only thing that worked was the Edit Group Policy Option (gpedit. msc) as described in YouTube video https://youtu.be/ak4RvpNdIOs

As you alluded, I also believe the 24H2 update has somehow enhanced network security and made it difficult for accessing shared drives that don't have passwords.

Be interesting to see what happens when I update my WIN11 Desktop to 24H2.

Thanks, but this was also a bust.

Had to install gpedit, not onboard with Windows 11 Home.

I'm up to level 3 MS support and many, many hours invested in trying to solve this

Pretty close to giving up on accessing this drive. I could carry a portable drive around with those file for the next few decades and not spend as much time as I have done already trying to get this OS to do what it is supposed to do out of the box.

Hi,

Thanks for your reply. I suggest you try the following steps to see if the problem can be solved:

Open the Run window by pressing win+r, then type gpedit.msc to open the Group Policy Manager, find Computer Configuration-Windows Settings-Security Settings-Local Policies-Security Options, and configure the following policies:

Network Security: Lan Manager Authentication Level", select "Send LM and NTML responses

Network Access: Sharing and Security Model for Local Accounts", select "Classic = Authenticate local users without changing their original identities

Best Regards

Zunhui

Hello,

I suggest you try to map a network drive to see if the problem can be solved. Please refer to the following link:

Map a network drive in Windows - Microsoft Support

If the problem is still not solved, I suggest you try to open the network credentials to see if there are relevant account credentials. If so, delete them and then remap the share.

Best Regards

Zunhui