Windows 10: User Problems when trying to share

I've followed your tutorial on sharing a folder C:\stuff in my \\comp1 and my laptop, \\comp2 can see the icons of the shared folder \\comp1\stuff under network/comp1

However when I try to look at the contents of \\comp1\stuff I am told I do not have the correct permissions

"Windows cannot access \\comp1\stuff...you do not have permission to access \\comp1\stuff

In both PCs I am an administrator,
in both PCs I am John Smith,
and in both PCs I have the same microsoft email id : L: john.smith@outlook.com

I am the same person. it asks for a name and a pw
I give it "john" or "john smith" or "comp1\john" or "\\comp1\John smith"
and the network pw but nothing happens

What's going on here? I was able to do it with XP.

:)

 

Cannot access shared network drive

I could scream! so much time wasted on this stupid error, as if time is not precious enough!
It probably would work fine if I could see the other computer! But I cannot see the other computer!

 

Cannot access shared network drive


Personally, I wouldnt use Everyone. If anyone hacks into you, they have full access to everything and can demolish everything on your raid. I would rather set up accounts and access separately for each person. That way, I know who did all that damage. In the end with a little extra work, I feel more secure by using Authenticated Users.


If this helps.
step 1 create non-microsoft account and without email and address without admin rights
step 2 share a drive or folder to specific user account (if Everyone is listed, remove it)
step 3 set security > add Authenticated Users (if more than 1 account) or add specific users
step 3a remove Everyone from list
step 3b uncheck full control and write for all items listed except SYSTEM and Admin account.
step 4 right click Start > Computer Management > System Tools > Shared Folders > Shares ... to verify settings and change anything else. You can also see the number of connections to each share here.

 

Current active users that are friends

The other reason I suggested this is that users can add characters to their username that are not alphanumeric (e.g. user*). This confuses things somewhat when looking at the list.