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File Share between Win 95 & Win 10/11

Anonymous
2024-01-31T19:37:35+00:00

Hey,

We have a very old win 95 machine that runs a robot.

We wanted to know if anyone can help us setup an smb file share between a win 95 and win 10/11

so far we created a shared folder on the win 95, and shared it across the network.

the win 10, partially connects to the point that it asks me for a username and password. but we don't have anything setup on the win 95.

for the file share, we set a password, but there is no username.

would anyone be able to help me complete the connection,

Thanks!

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-02-02T08:45:08+00:00

    Hello,

    Windows 95 uses an earlier version of the SMB protocol, so you will need to enable SMBv1 on Windows 10. You can enable SMBv1 by following these steps:

    1. Open the Control Panel.
    2. Click "Programs".
    3. Click "Turn Windows features on or off".
    4. Check the checkbox next to "SMB 1.0/CIFS file sharing support".
    5. Click "OK".

    Regards,

    Karlie

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-02-02T13:46:07+00:00

    So I've enabled that. But when I try to connect from win 10 to win 95. It asks me for username and password.

    But in win 95, it only has me setup a password, not a username. Am I missing something?

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-02-05T08:23:45+00:00

    When setting up file sharing on Windows 95, by default, the system uses the credentials of the currently logged on user as the credentials to access shared resources.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-02-05T14:36:14+00:00

    How do I find those credentials?

    I've been looking. We set a password, but we never set a username.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-02-06T08:35:34+00:00

    The default user credentials are the local user currently logged on to windows 95.

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