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When using Windows Hello PIN, how to connect shared folders via SMB protocol on Android?

Yu Qi 25 Reputation points
2023-03-17T13:02:09.2166667+00:00

I have a win10 PC and an android phone which supports SMB protocol. I tried to connect to shared folders of my PC again and again but failed. I searched for relevant information on the Internet and followed their tutorials step by step. But they don't work. Finally, i closed the windows hello pin , used password to login in my PC and connected to the shared folders successfully.

So, now the question is how to connect shared folders of my PC without closing the Windows Hello PIN?

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  1. Winyl 5 Reputation points
    2023-04-30T22:41:03.2866667+00:00

    Windows Hello brakes SMB access login to SMB shares. It is a bug known from 2015 on Win10, now also Win11. MS did not correct this bug until today, For SMB login to work you have to ditch Winows Hello login, whether it's PIN or biometric, all of them brake SMB access login. You can check this with:

    net use \\x.x.x.x\IPC$ * /user:Outpost24 replacing "x.x.x.x" with the IP address of the target system and replacing "Outpost24" with the username you need to test authentication with and press Enter

    Then change the login to password, restartand try above command. Than to PIN and restart and try above command.

    Ealier threads about same problem/bug:

    https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/df10306f-e096-49f8-8453-3848a147fe94/no-access-to-network-share-on-nas-when-signing-in-using-a-pin?forum=WinPreview2014General

    https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/7a3e2ac1-74c3-4612-8f9b-465c9caf1889/cannot-access-nas-when-logging-in-using-pin-can-when-using-password?forum=win10itpronetworking

    https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/01707c80-689a-4601-960e-72bde12b6dc6/login-with-pin-connection-to-network-not-possible-login-with-password-and-it-works?forum=win10itpronetworking

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  3. arpo 0 Reputation points
    2023-04-23T22:18:38.12+00:00

    I had similar problem with my NAS shared folders. It seems to be a common problem with SMB and Windows Hello. But in my situation the problem was with accessing the shared folder protected with user/password on my NAS from the PC where I was logged in with Windows Hello. When I was logged in to Windows with user and password there was no problem. The link below was helpful: https://kb.synology.com/tr-tr/DSM/tutorial/specified_logon_session_does_not_exist_error_message_SMB I put it here to take a look, maybe this will lead you to some kind of solution for your situation?

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