access issues

I have two PCs in this room, one called ELLIOT-PC and one called ELLIOT-SERVER. ELLIOT-SERVER has a Local Account profile called Elliot, that I use to share folders. ELLIOT-PC has a Microsoft Account profile (Hotmail). When I try to navigate to \\elliot-server in Windows Explorer on...

One laptop can not access a properly shared folder on a Host system. Host Name: akl4 Other Laptops, using WiFi, can access akl4 Desktops, using E-Net, can access akl4 All laptops and desktops are using Windows (10/11) The host system is a desktop with Win 10 The user system is a laptop...

Hi, I have a problem on a network: Shared folder on a server running Windows Server 2012. I have 2 clients with Windows 10 and 1 with Windows 11. Practically everything works fine, the only problem is that every time the client starts I have to change the network from PUBLIC to PRIVATE or vice...

Hello, I created a folder named "Hello" and shared it and set Everyone user access on it to full: On the destination computer, when I want to open this folder, it asks me for a username and password: Why? What is wrong? Thank you.

I can Remote Desktop from computer a to computer b, but (with file sharing enabled on computer b) I try to access file on comport b via file explorer/network from computer a, computer a blue screens. Any thoughts on why and how to fix?

I just changed the login password for my PC. I don’t know if this is relevant but now when I start my computer I get asked for a PIN but no longer get a prompt for Sign-in options. This means that I can’t login with my Password should I choose to. Windows 11 Home 22H2.

Hi Guys: My windows 11 PC kept putting downloads under the wrong user. In my effort to stop this from happening I removed the system permission to use that folder. Now my computer will not boot far enough for me to correct my error. What can I do? I also have a laptop running widows 11. Is...

I have a PC running Windows running Windows 10 ver. 22H2 and a laptop running the same, except for a minor variation in the build, on my home network. Both have an OS partition and a Data partition. I want to access the Data partition of the other from each machine, but cannot. I am able to see...

Twitter is crashed for thousands of social media users unable to access the site. Most users attempting to access Twitter on a desktop as opposed to on the mobile app are reporting issues. Website crash detection site DowDetector reported the main outages in Manchester, Birmingham and...

My computer was being super slow, and I typed in misconfig in the search bar on the screen after it let me in. Then I checked a bunch of boxes that were running after hiding some boxes that I didn’t want to stop running, and now I can’t access my computer. It says that the pin is unavailable...

All the options just kind of disappeared. Various methods I've tried and failed include: shell:startup ctrl+alt+del startup menu Windows Settings>Apps>Startup /ProgramData/ path to the startup folder (created one to see if it'd populate, it didn't) /AppData/ path to the startup...

Hi all, This happened on my dad's Acer 5 A515 laptop. as far as I can tell - he just opened the laptop one day and was locked out of his PC with the Bitlocker screen on. He never enabled it or set up a recovery key, let alone saved the key somewhere. perhaps some rogue update behavior or...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 10, version 21H1 Build 19043.1319 (KB5006738) to the Release Preview Channel for those Insiders who are on Windows 10, version 21H1. This update includes the following improvements: We fixed an issue that prevents you from accessing the...

Hi guys, I have 3 mapped drives which are accessible. However, when I run net use command I'm getting this output. Does anybody know why is it so?

Hello all, Since a week ago my File Share server has been slow to open the "root" folder. Opening a folder via the path in the explorer is immediate. Anyone with this problem? This only happens with Windows 10, when I try to access File Share through a Windows Server, it's immediate/normal...

For some reason best known to itself, my PC will not allow me to access certain websites, big ones like Outlook, BBC, BT etc unless I go to network settings, reset the network and then restart the computer, after which all is fine until I next shut down the computer. I already use a batch file...

Hi, The weirdest thing I have seen...... I have several win 10 machines on a home network. No domain, but same workgroup name. All can access each other with credentials, however Machine A is hit or miss with connecting to Machine B (Machine B can always connect to A without issue). In the...

Having some troubles with sleep mode not sleeping at all. And networking on home PC's (W10 x64 Pro 1903 both computers) are not allowing access to shared folders between computers. I did some mild research on both issues. In regards to the networking issue, I got it to semi work reading from my...

My windows button is not working. Run command window also don't let me access functions. Windows update was turned off, wonder if that is the problem. Cannot access windows update or settings. Thanks

Hi, Who can help me to put back conroller3 within the trust? Or help me to allow controller4 to take control on th entire AD. Issue: We have two servers in an Active Directory Cluster with no GUI. Everything is done by powershell. One is called Controller3 and the other one Controller4...