I do not, and have never had login credentials for the WD drive, it has always just been shared publicly and still is.
So I guess the plot thickens. I'd love to meet the person who wrote the spec...

I have been trawling the forums in hope of some solution and therefore have tried almost everything. Apologies if I sound a bit impatient.

I have tried all that but it asks for credentials (which have never been set) it then comes up with an error that I do not have permission.

Yes on the new machine.
No, doesn't expand upon clicking.
After I log in all I can do is adjust the settings of the drive, users etc.
I have tried to map the drive by name and IP.
I have also...

Its a WD My Book Live AP1NC
Here a shot of Explorer, when other PCs in the office are on, they appear also.
Upon clicking the storage icon it takes me to the WD login page in browser.
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I have replaced an old PC on win7 which was connected up exactly as the new one is.
The old PC, and my laptop on 10 can see the drive and are mapped

It's a western digital device wired to a router, router wired to access point, access point wired to win10 pc. Nothing has changed on the network map at all. The problem is with the new pc

it's in the office, local. Via access point and router. Never been a problem with win7 or 10 before

Hi all
Got a brand new PC with windows 10 Home premium.
Setting it up I wanted to map my WD shared drive in the office. I can not even see the drive let alone map it. I have tried all sorts,...