Windows 10: Network Credentials Hell on 2 Win10 PC Peer-to-Peer Workgroup

Our two computer home network stopped working way back and we can no longer access shared folders on each others computers.

Both computers are running Windows 10. They are both in the house and both are hardwired to our local network.


I've spent hours and hours on this and Googled till my eyes have rolled back in my head.


I'm no computer dummy as I program in over 10 languages but clearly I don't know anything about the Microsoft Networking Maze.


They have made it so secure that we can not even use our own little 2 computer peer to peer workgroup at home to share files.


Most will agree that finding help with Google beats Microsoft Help every time... but this time Google hasn't done the job.


Using File Explorer under Network I can see the other computer.

Its name is HPxyz.

Its user name is PCabc


But wen I click on the computer name HPxyz... It ask for Network Credentials


We never setup Network Credentials... we just upgraded to Win 10 from Win 7 way back and as far as I can remember we could share folders with Win 7 and never heard of Network Credentials.


When I bring up Credentials Manager I see...

Windows Credentials:

Computr-X

fyi Computer-X is not on my 2-computer network. It was at one time but no longer.

Certificate-Based Credentials

None

Generic Credentials

virtualapp/didlogical

SSO_POP_Device

XboxLive


Can anyone please walk me through getting access to the shared folder on the other computer on our 2-computer workgroup.


Thanks for any help

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Workgroup peer-to-peer: impossible to log in just to one PC of the LAN

Desktop/PC
Windows 10 Education

Hello,

I'm the tech lead of a multimedia lab in a high school. After having joined in a peer-to-peer workgroup (workgroup is the name of the group) fourteen computers running windows 10 1909 with the same hardware and shared two folders on them, I may access any of them from any other and see those folders but one PC.
It is impossible to log in to it; it displays an error message related to wrong credentials.
I've checked its shared options and are ok as the other PC on the LAN.









The same credentials work fine when used on the PC itself!

I don't know what maybe the reason why that issue is occurring.

Thank you for all of the addresses may help me to find the fix.

Giuseppe.

 

Workgroup peer-to-peer: impossible to log in just to one PC of the LAN!

Hello,

I'm the tech lead of a multimedia lab in a high school. After having joined in a peer-to-peer workgroup (workgroup is the name of the group) fourteen computers running windows 10 1909 with the same hardware and shared two folders on them, I may access any
of them from any other and see those folders but one PC.

It is impossible to log in to it; it displays an error message related to wrong credemtials.

I've checked its shared opptions and are ok as the other PC on the LAN.

The same credentials work fine when used on the PC itself!

I don't know what maybe the reason why that issue is occurring.

Thank you for all of the addresses may help me to find the fix.

Giuseppe.

 

Windows 10 Peer to Peer Network

I have a new Windows 10 computer and am having troubles connection to my peer to peer network. I have changed the workgroup name but keep getting the error The user name or password is incorrect.

Is there anything else I must do, permissions etc?

Is the user name and password the new PC or the one I'm trying to log on to?