drive mapping issue

Question

The drive mapping issue has been resolved by following advice from Alvise Cervellati. Method used was to enable SMB 1,0/CIFS File sharing support. However, what had to be done was to reboot the target NAS on each occasion. The work on the SMB also had to be repeated. Eventually, the drive mapping worked as required.

However, getting back to notify Alvise is not that simple!

Issue seems to have been consequent to 24H2 Update.

What I wonderis why Microsoft released an update in this manner.

Answer 1

The answer is contained in my question. I trust it is acceptable.

Enable SMB 1.0/CIFS File sharing support.

Answer 2

Hi,

The issue will arise again after updates, as SMB 1.0 isn't secure.

The permanent fix is this:

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

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

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.

I’m eager to hear back and work together to find a solution.

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