It's been a battle for many years for me to keep networking working. Went thru the mess of dealing with mixed OSes. Now I have 4 PCs all 24h2 on release.
As far as each one seeing the others in the network map, sometimes they can, sometimes they can't so I set up shortcuts using computer names
(ip addresses work too as long as you have static IPs for your machines) and I finally said to hell with the map.
To fix the damnable credentials thing, on each computer I created credentials for all the other 3. It doesn't matter if you use the same login/password or even if it's the same MS account/password, create the credentials anyway because even though you're using the same Microsoft account, Windows does not automatically treat it as the same user across machines for file sharing. Credentials still need to be authenticated per session.
To create a credential:
Go to Control Panel>Credentials> Windows Credentials>Add a windows credential
In the "Internet or network address" box, type the name of the computer on the network that you want to access.
(e.g:, \\HostComputerName\) If you're accessing by ip it would be \\192.168.x.xx.
In the User name and Password boxes, type the user name and password that you use for that computer you're accessing, and then click OK.
Note: It must be a password, not a pin.
This also works for a mapped network drive as long as the drive shows everyone with read or full control in that drive's permissions eg:\\HostComputerName\Sharename
I say again, Each computer should have a credential for each of the other computers
Hopefully this will work for someone else but I can't guarantee it. It's windows networking. Microsoft has never mastered it. The have been times I would have been up the proverbial creek without a paddle had I not had Remote Desktop to fall back on.
That is almost what I did , in terms of credential making etc.
However, the NUC 100 I bought, using W11 Pro, was installed with
no password, just using the authenticator app on my phone.
The username ended up something like..
NUC3/
[email protected]
and the password being my MS online password.
Strange how each PC does not accept that even though they are created with a single user using the same MS online account, and each boot with a PIN or password, PIN in my case, then when one is trying to access the other then there are problems.
Even with all the advanced sharing set appropriately, and no password selected, there are still so many hoops to just through to get shares shared, once you get access. Then more hoops to go through to map and access as required various drives.
I had not realised just how dire this can be coming from the Windows 10 Pro N54L media server to that of a NUC 100 with a DAS, running W 11 Pro.
I have made a backup of the Credential Managers content. Although it does not seem possible to back up the Credentials using Remote Desktop on my media server, the NUC.
EDIT: You need to use Ctrl Alt and END key, as the Del option is tied to a local machine and will not work over the remote desktop.
Remote Desktop has been a life saver, when it should not have been needed. MS seem to be really challenged when it comes to home networking.
I had mentioned the Credentials Manager to the OP, but it might not be relevant in that case...?
I have paused Windows updates, just wished that the feature type could be stopped.
I can't remember the name of the utility I had for the Windows 10 machine that basically took over Windows updates and allowed me to manually control them, even preventing certain KB type ones being available.
