Authenticate to Windows Share without Microsoft Account Info

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@Dashrender said:

Maybe it's this.

You might have to change it to the second option.

Trying that now.

[IRJ]

@thanksaj said:

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@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.

That's not what I asked you to do. Try adding it the account itself. Don't worry about the group as a whole yet.

Add it as a user on the computer?

no in the security settings

Joel, I already said that the user [email protected] resolves down to my local ajstringham account. They are one in the same.

not according to my experience and everything I am reading.

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@IRJ said:

@thanksaj said:

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@IRJ said:

@thanksaj said:

@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.

That's not what I asked you to do. Try adding it the account itself. Don't worry about the group as a whole yet.

Add it as a user on the computer?

no in the security settings

Joel, I already said that the user [email protected] resolves down to my local ajstringham account. They are one in the same.

not according to my experience and everything I am reading.

When I go type [email protected] into a box where you would type a username for adding them in security on a folder or drive or whatever, when I hit check now, it resolves to AJSTRINGHAM-PRO\ajstringham.

[IRJ]

@thanksaj said:

@IRJ said:

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@thanksaj said:

@IRJ said:

@thanksaj said:

@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.

That's not what I asked you to do. Try adding it the account itself. Don't worry about the group as a whole yet.

Add it as a user on the computer?

no in the security settings

Joel, I already said that the user [email protected] resolves down to my local ajstringham account. They are one in the same.

not according to my experience and everything I am reading.

When I go type [email protected] into a box where you would type a username for adding them in security on a folder or drive or whatever, when I hit check now, it resolves to AJSTRINGHAM-PRO\ajstringham.

I am going to test on Windows 10. Give me 10 minutes

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@Dashrender , that didn't fix it.

[IRJ]

[IRJ]

Works for me. I am able UNC to \IP\C$ even though my work PC is on the domain and that Windows 10 test PC is not.

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@IRJ said:

Works for me. I am able UNC to \IP\C$ even though my work PC is on the domain and that Windows 10 test PC is not.

Ok, if I do that and DON'T click check names, I can add [email protected] as itself.

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Still doesn't take the credentials.

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To be honest, it's not taking local admin credentials either. I'm starting to think there is something else at work here...

[IRJ]

@thanksaj said:

To be honest, it's not taking local admin credentials either. I'm starting to think there is something else at work here...

Are you getting access denied or invalid username/password?

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To be honest, the files in question are on my NAS. I actually just transferred them from the NAS to the main workstation in question. Now I'm more just curious as to why authentication isn't working...

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@IRJ said:

@thanksaj said:

To be honest, it's not taking local admin credentials either. I'm starting to think there is something else at work here...

Are you getting access denied or invalid username/password?

Invalid username/password.

[IRJ]

@thanksaj said:

@IRJ said:

@thanksaj said:

To be honest, it's not taking local admin credentials either. I'm starting to think there is something else at work here...

Are you getting access denied or invalid username/password?

Invalid username/password.

Yes something is definitely off here. I was getting Access Denied until I gave [email protected] ownership.

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@IRJ said:

@thanksaj said:

@IRJ said:

@thanksaj said:

To be honest, it's not taking local admin credentials either. I'm starting to think there is something else at work here...

Are you getting access denied or invalid username/password?

Invalid username/password.

Yes something is definitely off here. I was getting Access Denied until I gave [email protected] ownership.

Nope, access denied. My bad.

[IRJ]

@thanksaj said:

@IRJ said:

@thanksaj said:

@IRJ said:

@thanksaj said:

To be honest, it's not taking local admin credentials either. I'm starting to think there is something else at work here...

Are you getting access denied or invalid username/password?

Invalid username/password.

Yes something is definitely off here. I was getting Access Denied until I gave [email protected] ownership.

Nope, access denied. My bad.

Well that's good news. If you put it in the wrong password, do you get a different error?

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I already added ownership with full control for that user to the entire drive.

[IRJ]

@thanksaj said:

I already added ownership with full control for that user to the entire drive.

for ajstringham or [email protected]?

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@IRJ said:

@thanksaj said:

I already added ownership with full control for that user to the entire drive.

for ajstringham or [email protected]?

[email protected]. Says it right there. LOL

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If I deliberately type the wrong password, I get this: