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Everytime I turn on my PC i need to enter a password for a Network Drive running on a Raspberry Pi 4. What do I do on the Raspberry Pi to make it to stop asking me for a password.

I have done everything I can on my Windows 10 PC and am told it has to be done on a Raspberry Pi

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Win 10 Network Credentials - driving me crazy

A few facts

My windows account does not have a password set just a user name - not best practice but it works for me.

I have 2 separate NAS drives (Synology) for one of which I am being asked for network credentials. Windows explorer shows both NAS drives.

Loging into the NAS itself I can see all the files in the NAS but cannot transfer them to my Win 10 machine as Windows is asking for network credentials. I also cannot write to this drive.

However I set this up as a backup 3 days ago and had no problems with network credentials then. I do not remember having to enter any credentials but may have done so and forgotten.

The other NAS drive I can connect to with no problem and transfer files as normal - I assume that the network credentials for this are stored somewhere on the PC and I guess encrypted.

There is no home group set up according to Windows explorer. I just use ethernet to copy files to my wife's PC occasionally which works OK.

Password protected sharing is turned off. Network discovery is on.

I have tried all the passwords I can remember and also my Microsoft Account name and password. Nothing works.

Any suggestions as to haow to recover or reset my network credentials will be VERY welcome

John

 

Network Credentials

Hi Sammy,

To assist you better regarding your concern with network credentials, have you checked the Windows credentials for any information about the username and password for the network credentials? If not yet, follow the steps below to access Windows Credentials
manager.

• Press the Windows icon on the desktop.
• Type in Windows Credentials.

We would appreciate as well if you could provide us a screenshot.

Let us know how it goes.

 

Problem sharing files and Network Credentials error

Hi, networking in Win 10 is frustrating to set up and requires multiple steps- you are far from alone in reporting issues. Indeed, even when it is correctly configured people have found it needs 'help' so when you boot up or resume a PC, networking is re-established in a reasonable time.

From the Tutorial section (do take time to become familiar with this fantastic resource):
Ten Forums - Tutorials

Here's the starting point for setting it up:
Share Files and Folders Over a Network in Windows 10

Note that related tutorials are always listed after the main body of the text.

The comments following may help you assess some of the issues you've encountered.

Note you can back up and restore shares and permissions, but I've not seen a way to reset them:
Backup and Restore Network Shares and Permissions in Windows

It may be. As you might guess, it means the link is broken/not valid/temporarily not available.

This will be how you created your mapped drive:
Map Network Drive in Windows 10
(I find the title confusing, as it's really mapping a networked folder...)
Z: simply points to a folder on another PC on your network. The x will disappear when networking is established.

Password/credentials expired: a search for
windows netorking password expired
may help. This reviews this issue:
Enter Network Credentials On Windows 10 - Error Fix