Having a problem with windows 7 connecting to a share on a workgroup ?
"Fix problem while trying to connect to the share in windows 7 that requests a username and password, even when entering the right password it will keep saying that you do not have permisson to access the share"
Solution:
- Make sure all the computer is on the same Work Group.
- See if the machine to which you want to connect has some shared folder, with sharing permissions set to "Everyone".
- Click the start button and type secpol.msc in the search function.
- Browse to "Local Policies" - "Security Options".
- Now look for the entry "Network Security: LAN Manager authentication level" and open it.
- Click on the dropdown menu and select "Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated".
- Apply the settings.
- In the Advanced sharing settings page of Network and sharing center, you need to have it set as Work/Home profile.
- Try Enable network discovery
- Turn on file and print sharing
- Turn off password protected sharing
- Use user accounts and passwords to connect to other computers
Group Policy Settings:
- Enter “gpedit.msc” in the Start Search box.
- Open “Computer Configuration”/Windows Settings/Security Settings/Local Policies/Security Settings.
- In the right pane, enable the following policies:
- Network access: Allow anonymous SID/name translation
- Network access: Let Everyone permissions apply to anonymous users
- Also please disable the following policies.
- Network access: Restrict anonymous access to Named Pipes and Shares
- Network access: Do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts
- Network access: Do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts and shares
