credentials problem accessing computer on home network

WacoJohn · 01 Apr 2020

Simple version:
When I attempt to access computer name Tosh-64 from any other computer on the network, I WAS getting challenged for a user name and p/w. I kept getting 'wrong uname or p/w. Made a big mistake and tried MS account credentials. It's a local account and of course that failed.

I finally realized THAT computer HAS no password, but I can't get back to it being a local account. Accessing it now results in it still wanting to use MS account.

screen shot:

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W10-64 .. both machines.

any help is appreciated in advance.

Samuria · 01 Apr 2020

Ms dosnt like no password as it's a security risk and makes it hard to network if password isn't used

WacoJohn · 01 Apr 2020

Samuria said:

Ms dosnt like no password as it's a security risk and makes it hard to network if password isn't used

Thank you. I have since provided a p/w for that machine but now, when I try to access it, I get the screen shot. Need to somehow reset something back to local ... with password.

Edit:
Solution. Switch to MS account on target machine. Update guest machine with MS credentials. Switch back to local account on target. All seems to work correctly now.

Thanks again.

credentials problem accessing computer on home network

credentials problem accessing computer on home network

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