Cannot access NAS drives

Question

I have 2 NAS drives that are connected (mapped) to my old laptop (HP Pavilion) working fine. I have just bought a new laptop (HP OmniBook7) and cannot access my network drives (or map them) no matter what I try. I have looked at several forums and online tutorials to no avail. Can you help? Regards, Ian

Answer 1

Hi,

Hi,

2 solutions should help:

#1: https://yourwindowsguide.com/2025/01/mapped-drives-not-working-windows-11.html

Windows 11 24H2 introduced changes that may affect access to third-party NAS devices using SMB. To address this, you need to enable insecure logins for mapped drives.

1. Open the  Windows search bar and type “powershell”
2. Right-click on PowerShell and select “Run as administrator”
3. Execute the following commands:

PowerShell

Set-SmbClientConfiguration -RequireSecuritySignature $false
Set-SmbClientConfiguration -EnableInsecureGuestLogons $true

These commands will disable the requirement for security signatures and enable insecure guest logons, which should resolve issues with accessing mapped drives, thereby fixing Mapped drives not working issue.

#2: https://yourwindowsguide.com/2026/02/network-sharing-not-working.html#gsc.tab=0

If your Network Discovery is on, some services in Windows 11 ensure fix for Network sharing not working. The steps are below:

• Press Windows key + R and type services.msc.
• In the Window that opens, ensure the following services are running. Additionally, set them to run automatically instead of manually.
  • Function Discovery Resource Publication
    • Function Discovery Provider Host
      • SSDP Discovery
        • UPnP Device Host
        • Do these steps on all the computers connected to the Network.
        • Once you do that and disable/enable your Network, the file folder sharing in Windows should work properly.

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Answer 2

Awesome! Thank you for letting me know - I forgot you to suggest a restart afterwards these steps. Have a great day!