Yay, fixed by doing the homegroup version of a reboot - I got the laptop to leave the homegroup and rejoin and somehow whatever was wrong got reset. #sofrustratedrightnow

thanks Ztruker for...

Thanks Ztruker
Making that change got rid of the password request but access is still denied

FWIW I've just changed a setting to use user accounts and passwords to connect

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So when the laptop connects it gets asked for a password - I enter in the Windows password used when...

Hi

My network is really simple. A win10 laptop and a win10 desktop. The desktop has a couple of hard drives and the laptop needs to see one of them.

At various times it's all been good but...

Hi @Harpert

My screenshot didn't make it past moderation - maybe this time.

I've rebooted, and the win10 tool shows the same info as the MiniTool program so I don't think it's an "apply"...

My desktop computer has a few hard drives in it and for some reason C: is on the second disk. It's maxed out and needs to be made bigger. I've uninstalled everything but have failed to make enough...