Windows 10: "Enable insecure guest logons" group policy not working after 20H2 update.

Discus and support "Enable insecure guest logons" group policy not working after 20H2 update. in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; [IMG] I'm having issues accessing shares after the 20H2 update. I have enabled the "Enable insecure guest logons" group policy and yet i still get... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/Shaqnothot, Nov 27, 2020.

  1. "Enable insecure guest logons" group policy not working after 20H2 update.

    /u/Shaqnothot, Nov 27, 2020
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  2. Donnes78 Win User

    Is Enabling Insecure Guest Logons Okay?

    Could Somebody tell me If I enable insecure guest logons, Is that Ok?
     
    Donnes78, Nov 27, 2020
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  3. Is Enabling Insecure Guest Logons Okay?

    This doesn't really make sense from technical documentation. Look at what the explanation says:

    If you enable this policy setting or if you do not configure this policy setting, the SMB client will allow insecure guest logons.

    So, before you enabled it, it was "not configured"!

    So, you should see the same behavior whether or not you "enable" it. Unless it was already configured and set to "disabled" which is not the default!

    About the NAS: do you have set user accounts on it? I would assume that you don't have any user accounts on it. Maybe everybody has access to it? If you create the exact same user account with same password on the NAS that you use on your Windows machine and
    enable password-protected sharing in Windows you should be able to access the file shares just fine.
     
    B-Hörnchen und A-Hörnchen, Nov 27, 2020
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  4. "Enable insecure guest logons" group policy not working after 20H2 update.

    Is Enabling Insecure Guest Logons Okay?

    If you are the only one using it then there is no reason to use a public share. A public share is for being able to access a share from numerous PCs without authentication (and you are not able to provide everyone with a user/password access to the NAS).
    That means if someone hacks your router (which they do by the millions) or intrude in your network/PC by other means they can access this public share (no matter what you set in Windows). If you use it from "outside" your network (as they mention "Cloud")
    you should definitely not use a Public share.

    You should be able to move the files to the private share area or to expand the private share area to it. No? I don't know how their devices work.

    Also note, that "enable insecure guest logons" is not the same as enabling the guest account in Windows as the IA seems to think. It is *not* for allowing unauthenticated access to your (usually disabled) guest account in your Windows system!

    This setting tells the client (your PC) that it can try an insecure unauthenticated login at *another* server (your NAS). That's all. And, as I said, it should be "enabled" by default as "not configured" means "enabled".
     
    B-Hörnchen und A-Hörnchen, Nov 27, 2020
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