Windows 10: log in to a network share

My mother got a new laptop and set it up with a new Microsoft account. She had surgery right before COVID and I moved back in with her for what was supposed to be 6 months. Then COVID happened, I lost my job, and I've been reluctant to go apartment hunting, especially with only temp jobs.


I had set up logins and shares for her on older computers over the years with a more conventional account. The 98SE/XP dual-boot computer dates back to when I was still in college. I still use that thing as an ad-hoc file server so there is no question which computer a file is stored on.

Now, when she tried to access something stored on my XP or windows 7 computer, she is unable to update the file. There is read-only access to anyone on that share, but write requires an authenticated user.


Yet I can't figure out how to get Windows 10 to prompt me for a login and password to access that share, and Bing is just telling me how to turn on passwords for the guest account when I try to search or turn on password protected sharing.

In the past, with previous versions of windows I would get prompted for my login and password, but now I I sat down at her console while logged in as her just get an access denied.

What am I doing wrong to access \\slickswintel\SharedDocuments the XP machine or \\slicksgateway\public\documents with the credentials for the account swetee? I never get an option to input a login and password.

I'm tempted to just make her a local account called swestee like on all the other computers she has used and try to transfer everything to that to make it work. However, while I control the administrator account on that computer it is HER laptop, not mine.


DO NOT FIXATE ON HOW OBSOLETE THE XP MACHINE IS, JUST TELL ME HOW TO LOG IN TO THE WIN 7 OR XP SHARES. I apologize for the tone, but "support engineers" here tend to zero in on some minor detail not important to the question being asked and ignore the actual issue.

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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

 

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.

 

Sharing folders over network - access denied

Hello,

To troubleshoot your concern with sharing files over the network using your Windows 10 device, we suggest that you run the Shared folders troubleshooter and check if it helps. Kindly refer to the steps below:

• Type in Troubleshooting in the search box and press
  Enter.
• Click View all.
• Click Shared Folders.
• Click Next and follow on-screen instructions.

Hope it helps.