Access denied when try to access shared folder

Question

In my office we do not have AD server, so we do not have a centralized authentication method. Everyone is in the WORKGROUP, and we also have a Home group...not sure who/why create a Home group in the office.

The problem we are having now is that nobody can enable the share folder feature to anybody...I have tried to create a share folder and give Everyone Read permission to the folder. But when other people tries to access my share folder, they got authentication denied error.

Since they got access denied, I assume the firewall is not an issue here.

Answer 1

The suggestion from Dena B is not helpful in my case. But I have found out the problem.

I turned off the "password protection" in the "advanced network sharing"/"all network" section, and all my devices can access my share folder correctly.

Answer 2

Hello David,

Thank you for posting your question on Microsoft community.

I appreciate you for providing details about the issue.

This issue may occur due to incorrect sharing settings.

Please refer to suggestion from Dena B replied on November 13, 2012 and check if it helps.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-files/access-is-denied-mapping-to-a-drive/cf1d892e-9287-4371-82da-095e571b035e

Note: Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/322756

Additional Information:

Share files and folders

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/share-files-folders

I hope this information helps.

Please do let us know if you need any further assistance.

Thank you