Windows 10: How to limit my network shares to me only?

So my kids are getting older, and i have a metric ton of important data i need to protect as much as possible. On the other side, i need the convenience of having it shared on the network.

I use drives from all 3 of my pc's shared so i can access them from one another, and sometimes mount drives on my shieldtv units to game off of etc.

I see you can limit the number of users but this doesnt really do me any good/have an application for my case. I also see the permissions which is obviously more what im after.

I just dont know what group to set it to? Nobody needs to see anything on the network but me, however I dont think thats possible - especially when i often want to be able to access/connect from other non pc' devices.

How would this work?

I cant set Administrators group right? That would either apply to administrators on any device, or complicate things between my own devices.

would i set it as the Authenticated Users group and that would ask for a username and pass to connect and then store a cert for future connections or something?

:)

 

Network Sharing

Hi Arya,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

Provide us additional information to assist you better with this issue:

1. Are you trying to share the wireless network connection from Windows device to phone?
   
2. What is the make and model of the phone?
   
3. Which version of Windows is installed on your device?
   

Refer the article ‘Which version of Windows operating system am I running’
to provide the details.

If you’re referring to sharing the Wireless network connection in Windows 10, I suggest you to follow the steps mentioned below.

1. Press Windows + I key on your keyboard and click on Network & Internet.
   
2. On the network & Internet page, click on ‘Mobile hotspot’.
   
3. ‘Turn On’ Share my Internet connection with other devices under Mobile hotspot.
   
4. The default network name and password will be available under Mobile hotspot.
   
5. Enter the same password on the device which you’re trying to connect and check the status of the issue.
   

If you’re trying to share the internet connection, then refer the article
Use your PC as a mobile hotspot
for more information.

If you’re referring to ‘File sharing’, I suggest you to refer the section ‘How do I troubleshoot sharing and folders’ from the article ‘File
sharing over a network in Windows 10’.

Get back to us for further assistance on this issue. We will be happy to help you.

Regards,

Muralidhar

Microsoft Community Moderator

 

Cannot access shared network drive

I could scream! so much time wasted on this stupid error, as if time is not precious enough!
It probably would work fine if I could see the other computer! But I cannot see the other computer!

 

Network and sharing

Hi,

We see that you are having issues accessing the shared drive on your network. To assist you further, kindly answer the questions below:

• Have you made any changes to your computer or network prior to this issue?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

Regards.