Authenticate to Windows Share without Microsoft Account Info

[IRJ]

@thanksaj said:

Ok, so I tried...

ajstringham-pro\ajstringham
ajstringham-pro\[email protected]
[email protected]

None worked.

I also tried adding a custom user, who I added to the Administrators group.
auth_admin is the user. It didn't work or take that either. Can't figure out why it's not taking it.

Can you send a screenshot of the permissions and of the members of the local admin account?

[thanksajdotcom]

[thanksajdotcom]

Is that what you needed @IRJ ?

[IRJ]

@thanksaj said:

Is that what you needed @IRJ ?

can you login as ajstringham? or is that referring to [email protected]?

[thanksajdotcom]

@IRJ said:

@thanksaj said:

Is that what you needed @IRJ ?

can you login as ajstringham? or is that referring to [email protected]?

Neither. I don't understand that at all...

[IRJ]

@thanksaj said:

@IRJ said:

@thanksaj said:

Is that what you needed @IRJ ?

can you login as ajstringham? or is that referring to [email protected]?

Neither. I don't understand that at all...

Let's back up a second here. How do you login to your PC?

[thanksajdotcom]

@IRJ said:

@thanksaj said:

@IRJ said:

@thanksaj said:

Is that what you needed @IRJ ?

can you login as ajstringham? or is that referring to [email protected]?

Neither. I don't understand that at all...

Let's back up a second here. How do you login to your PC?

It logs in with my Microsoft account into. My [email protected] email.

[IRJ]

@thanksaj said:

@IRJ said:

@thanksaj said:

@IRJ said:

@thanksaj said:

Is that what you needed @IRJ ?

can you login as ajstringham? or is that referring to [email protected]?

Neither. I don't understand that at all...

Let's back up a second here. How do you login to your PC?

It logs in with my Microsoft account into. My [email protected] email.

See which kind of account you’re using
Step 1: Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and tap Settings.
(If you're using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer down, and click Settings.)
Step 2: Tap or click Change PC settings.
Step 3:
Tap or click Accounts.

Info about your account appears under your name:

If you see an email address, then you’re using a Microsoft account.
If you see Local account, your account is just on your Surface (not connected to the cloud). To switch to a Microsoft account, tap or click Connect your Microsoft account.
If a you see a network domain (domain name\username), then you’re using a domain account, such as an account for your workplace. To connect your Microsoft account to your domain account, tap or click Connect your Microsoft account. See Connect your Microsoft account to your domain account to learn how.

http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-us/support/security-sign-in-and-accounts/all-about-accounts

[IRJ]

On my PC my username is listed as [email protected]. According to this article, microsoft accounts should always have @microsoft.com, @outlook.com, etc. You can use them like a regular user account and add them into the security just like you would any other account. It sounds like you are using a local account

http://www.howtogeek.com/school/windows-network-sharing/lesson1/all/

[coliver]

@IRJ That's odd my Microsoft account is one with a custom domain. Not sure if it is because it is an older account or now.

[thanksajdotcom]

@IRJ , at the logon screen, it shows [email protected]. I'm not home to pull it up at the moment, but I'm about 99% sure it's a Microsoft account.

[IRJ]

@coliver said:

@IRJ That's odd my Microsoft account is one with a custom domain. Not sure if it is because it is an older account or now.

I think you can use Gmail to make a Microsoft account, too.

[IRJ]

@thanksaj said:

@IRJ , at the logon screen, it shows [email protected]. I'm not home to pull it up at the moment, but I'm about 99% sure it's a Microsoft account.

How did you send the screenshots?

[thanksajdotcom]

@IRJ Teamviewer. I'm remoting in now.

[thanksajdotcom]

Proof 1:

[IRJ]

@thanksaj said:

Proof 1:

That doesn't prove anything yet. Go to user accounts in the control panel

[thanksajdotcom]

[IRJ]

Ok now go to the security settings of and add your outlook account

[Dashrender]

AJ, have you tried pinging the machine first? Are you sure Windows 8.1's firewall is open to allow filesharing?

[thanksajdotcom]

@IRJ said:

Ok now go to the security settings of and add your outlook account

Tried going to the Administrators group and adding [email protected], which resolved to my local ajstringham user. Got this.