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Re: Password protecting in Windows 10 networking
24-02-2022 2:35 PM
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Accessing another PC on home network :
C:\Users\xyzzy>net use y: \\192.168.1.111\c
Enter the user name for '192.168.1.111': admin
Enter the password for 192.168.1.111:
System error 86 has occurred.
The specified network password is not correct.
My account name & password does not exist on remote PC
Re: Password protecting in Windows 10 networking
24-02-2022 4:36 PM
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A user login password isn't going to protect the machine from a network based attack.
Re: Password protecting in Windows 10 networking
24-02-2022 4:40 PM
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@Mook Define attack, this is a simple request to deny access to two computers from a third.
Re: Password protecting in Windows 10 networking
24-02-2022 4:54 PM
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Fair enough, the lodger may not have nefarious intent but just because something has a password does not make it secure.
Re: Password protecting in Windows 10 networking
24-02-2022 5:22 PM
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@Mook I never said a password was absolute security, it was a non complicated, or expensive, solution to a simple request as above. Risk assessment of the Lodger is down to the OP.
Re: Password protecting in Windows 10 networking
24-02-2022 7:38 PM
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The horse may have already bolted in the interim anyway!
Re: Password protecting in Windows 10 networking
10-03-2022 2:41 PM
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Apologies for not having replied on this topic. I have been away for two weeks and am now back trying to catch up.
So as suggested, I tried to password protect the "Upstairs" and "Downstairs" computers but that did not work unfortunately. The other computer on the network never had to enter a password at all which is very odd but had full access. All it did was ironically mean that I had to enter the password on the main ("Downstairs") computer whereas I did not have to do so before. So it just inconvenienced me but did nothing to stop the "Upstairs" computer from accessing the "Downstairs" computer which was extremely odd !
So I am now back at square one.
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