Windows 10: Can't access network shares

Before the upgrade to 10 I was on 7 and logged in with a local account with all computers having the same usernames and passwords and sharing worked flawlessly.

After the upgrade I am now logging in with a Microsoft account and sharing does not work.

Windows 7 Pro --> Windows 10 Pro Upgrade.

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Cant access Network Shares

solved it switching from Windows 10 Education to Windows 10 Pro.

 

Cant access Network Shares

Hi, Im trying to access the other computers at home but every time I try I get the following error:





0x80070035 The network path was not found

Yet I can see the other computers when I go to the Network link:





Here are my sharing settings:

 

Hi there

To share a LOCAL machine FROM the one with the Ms account - when you see the windows popup enter the following

Username : LOCALMACHINENAME\USERNAME Username is your username on the Local machine
Password : Your password

To share the Ms ACCOUNT machine FROM the local machine

USERNAME this is usually the username of the Ms account minus the email bit (i.e remove from the @ onwards)
Password your Ms account password

If that username doesn't work logon to the users directory and see what user names have folders -- use one of those usernames with your Ms account password.

It's bonkers -- but hey - when did Windows Networking ever really work properly -- ever since they attempted serious networking way back in Windows 3. !!!!!!!

Cheers
jimbo

 

Thanks Jim,

Should have made it a bit clearer.

I am trying to get to the administrative share i.e. \\server\c$ which normally works fine if the username and password are the same on BOTH the server and the laptop when it used to have Windows 7 on it and I logged on with the account.

Server is running Windows Server 2008 R2 (lets say it's machine name is SERVER) and I am logging on with local account (i.e. User)
Laptop was upgraded fro Windows 7 Pro with local account (i.e. User) and is now running Windows 10 Pro logged in with a Microsoft account (i.e. L: user@outlook.com)

Password is the same for local account on both server and laptop prior to upgrade, same password for L: user@outlook.com

When I try to browse to \\server\c$ I get the login prompt. and none of the combinations below work
server\user password
.\user password

PS: All machine names, account names are fictitious for the purpose of this discussion

 

Hi there

I've never tried the administrative shares (C$ for example). I think even from Linux (Samba) connections to W10 via SMB the C$ type shares are shown but I've never tried connecting to those.

Cheers
jimbo