Windows 10: Password Protected Sharing gets turned off after Win Updates?

I've been dealing with a pesky little problem for some time and think I have discovered the source of the problem.

I have a fairly extensive home network which includes my Win 10 Pro desktop, a Win 7 desktop and a Win 10 Home laptop. On a fairly regular basis, I am unable to access the Win 10 Pro desktop from the other computers. I am asked for a user name and password. The Win 10 Pro computer doesn't have a password assigned so it can't be accessed. I have found that "Password Protected Sharing" has been turned on in the "All Networks" section of the Network settings. When I disable "Password Protected Sharing", everything returns to normal. However, sometime later (maybe a month or so) the problem returns.

The only thing that I can rationalize causing this problem are the MS monthly updates.

Has anyone else encountered this problem and/or solved it?

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Can't turn off password protected sharing windows 10

Hi Stephen,

We would need additional information to help us isolate the issue with turning off the password protected sharing. Kindly verify the following:

• How many computers are involved in this issue?
• Did you make any recent changes to your computer prior to this issue?
• What other troubleshooting steps have you tried so far?

Regards.

 

Sharing a folder still asking to enter password even after disabling turn off password protecting sharing in Windows 10

Old title: Sharing is not working

Dear Microsoft

I have a basic question about the networking. I have two computer and i want to share the folder named "games" using the lan. I connect both computer (computer_1 and computer_2) in computer 1 i
shared this folder for everyone to read and write. But the problem is that in the computer_1
turn off the password protecting but it still requiring the password to access the folder "games". And also there is Microsoft password is not working.

Means turn off password protecting sharing is not work.

I want to access this folder in computer_2 without requiring any password for computer_1.

I used the following process also but it still requiring to enter in the computer_1.

• private (current profile)

• Turn on network discovery
• Turn on file and printing sharing

• Guest of Public

• Turn on network discovery
• Turn on file and printing sharing

• All Network

• Turn on sharing so anyone with the network access can read and write file in the public folder
• Turn off password protecting

 

SHARING: PASSWORD PROTECTED SHARING

Hi Bob,

Just to verify, we would like to know if you're trying to turn off password protected sharing. If yes, you can follow the steps provided by Kapil Arya MVP in this

thread.

Feel free to contact us if you need assistance with Windows.