Windows 10: Once again, CREDENTIALS feh!

I am trying to get home videos to play from my main video server on my Amazon Fire TV. I was told to get something called VLC. I installed it, and browsed to the server. It finds the server, but at first it would not pick up the shared folder with the videos. I tinkered with the server's settings, configured it as a media server, made sure all the shares were in place, and finally got it to see the shared folders. But now, the VLC app on my Fire TV wants CREDENTIALS. It wants me to log in to the media server. THERE IS NO LOGIN RESTRICTION ON THE MEDIA SERVER. THERE IS NO PASSWORD. So I

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Windows Network Credentials

Hi Keith,

We suggest that you disable Credential Manager before mapping your Drives. Please follow these steps to disable Credential Manager:

• In the search box type “Services”
• Right click on “Services” and select “Run as Administrator”
• In the Services Window, look for Credential Manager Service and click “Stop”.
• Restart the computer and go back the Credential Manager Service and set it to “Automatic”.
• Restart the computer again.

Please keep us updated if you were able to map your drives.

 

Credential Guard lab companion

Source: Credential Guard lab companion Datacenter and Private Cloud Security Blog


See also:

• Enable or Disable Credential Guard in Windows 10 Windows 10 Security System Tutorials
• Verify if Credential Guard is Enabled or Disabled in Windows 10 Windows 10 Security System Tutorials

 

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.