Network credentials required

pinkscorpio68

pinkscorpio68

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Howzit, I have a strange headache.
Everything was running smooth in the office, 4 workstations, all seeing each other, printer sharing, etc. All peachy.
About a week ago, workstation A stopped connecting to workstation B, "Enter network credentials".
Workstation B can connect to workstation A. I have scoured the net and tried everything under the sun, A will not connect to B because of network credentials being wrong.
I am ready to pull my hair out as A to B does the most work in the office. If there was a tip out there, I tried it... to no avail.
Anyone can give me a tip I have not tried? *praying*
The last tip I have not tried: backup, format, reinstall OS... :(

All workstations same hardware config, all running Win 10 Pro 22h2 x64, only 1 running x86 because of old software which is not problematic.

Edit: Admin, kindly move to Networking ;) my bad.
 

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I do tick the box to remember the credentials, it comes back reporting incorrect credentials. A needs to connect to B to work on documents, spreadsheets, etc. Accessing the Internet is not required here. I even tried resetting the router. Workstation C and D can connect to B with the same credentials without problems.
 
pinkscorpio68 said:
I do tick the box to remember the credentials, it comes back reporting incorrect credentials. A needs to connect to B to work on documents, spreadsheets, etc. Accessing the Internet is not required here. I even tried resetting the router. Workstation C and D can connect to B with the same credentials without problems.
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have you tried to change password on John's machine? then put the new password in the enter credentials block and double check the username
 
from workstation a
cmd.exe
net use \\workstation b /user:"username" "password"

Have this issue with Nas on a domain, sometimes have to run the command above.
 
from workstation a
Search - Credential Manager
check if there incorrect details saved there about workstation b
 
Open network and sharing center. Click Change advanced sharing settings.Under all networks switch off password protected sharing. See if this works as a temp solution. Do this on the workstation you are trying to connect to.
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Hemps said:
from workstation a
Search - Credential Manager
check if there incorrect details saved there about workstation b
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This is new to me:
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This did not show up on Friday. Will investigate this one and revert back.

Edit: In an attempt to troubleshoot last week, one of the tips suggested to disable this service. I forgot to re-enable the service. Fixed. :)
 
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Nope, using local accounts.

Edit: 21 Aug: Found and tried some more tips.
If I stop and start the VaultSvc - Credential Manager on Workstation B, restart the computer, I am able to log into from Workstation A... until the next day, repeat, rinse...
I have also deleted the old Vault and the system recreated a new Vault.
So far this works for me, until I can find a more permanent solution.
 
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