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I cannot access a drive connected to an Asus router on my new Windows 11 Lenovo

Anonymous
2024-11-14T16:56:09+00:00

I have several computers in my house running on Windows 10 and Windows 11. All of them, except a newly purchased Lenovo laptop are able to connect to a USB drive attached to my Asus router, via Windows Explorer.

I don't get a chance to even log into router.

I followed the directions from a previous answer posted here in 2023. I turned on SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support option and SMB 1.0/CIFS Client option. I rebooted the computer and checked to see that the 2 items were still checked. I'm using the same Windows Firewall that came with Windows 11 on all the computers. I am able to access all of the shared folders on the Windows 10 and Windows 11 computers on all of the devices (including the new Lenovo).

There is 1 major difference. The computers that can connect connect to the USB drive attached to the router are running Windows 11 (Home and Pro) version 23H2. The new Lenovo is using Windows 11 Home version 24H2.

Has Microsoft disabled SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support in version 24H2, or is this a Lenovo problem?

I would appreciate any suggestions?

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-11-15T15:52:58+00:00

    Hello

    You can try the following steps to see if they fix the problem:

    1. Press the Win + R keys and enter gpedit.msc to launch the Local Group Policy Editor.
    2. Locate the "Computer Configuration-Administrative Templates-Network-Lanman Workstation" node. In the content area on the right, you can see the "Enable insecure guest login" policy setting. The status is "Not Configured".
    3. Double-click the "Enable insecure guest logins" policy settings, change the status to "Enabled", and click the OK button.

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    Best regards

    Zunhui

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-11-16T00:43:24+00:00

    It doesn't seem like Windows 11 has a Local Group Policy Editor.

    Do you have any other suggestions?

    Dave

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-11-16T08:53:17+00:00

    That means your Windows is not a pro version. If it is, then the error message will not appear.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-11-18T07:41:54+00:00

    Hi,

    Thanks for your reply, I suggest you use the Registry Editor to enable secure guest login, refer to the following steps:

    1. Open the Registry Editor. Go to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\LanmanWorkstation.

    Note: If the key does not exist, you must create it. Press and hold (right-click) "Windows", select "New" > "Key" and name the key "LanmanWorkstation".

    1. Press and hold (right-click) "LanmanWorkstation", select "New" > "DWORD (32-bit) Value", and name it "AllowInsecureGuestAuth". Double-click it, set the "Value Data" to "1", and press Enter.

    Note If you modify the registry incorrectly, you can cause serious problems. Therefore, follow these steps carefully. For additional protection, back up the registry before you modify it. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, see How to back up and restore the registry in Windows.

    Best Reagrds

    Zunhui

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-11-17T14:18:34+00:00

    I don't think that my problem is due to using Windows 11 Home on my new Lenovo.

    When I click on the network icon in Windows Explorer on any of my computers, the only thing that shows up is my router. Previously, all the computers in my local network appeared. When I first started setting up the new Lenovo computer, I mapped out several network drives on different Win 10 and Win 11 computers in my local network. I am still able to access these drives, on Windows Explorer, despite the fact that when I click on Network icon, the only device that pops up is my router.

    As you can see in the picture below, the only computer appearing in the Network is the router. Two other network computers, Beelink & DelldesktopWin8, were accessed by clicking the mapped out drive. If I didn't previously map out the drive, I wouldn't be able see them.

    As I stated previously, all of my other computers, two computers running Win 10 Home, one computer running Win 11 Pro, and one computer running Win 11 Home are able to see the drives connected to the Asus RT-AC68U router (which is actually an RT-AX86U).

    Does anyone have any ideas what's going on?

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