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Last week both devices could see and share R/W both ways on all 6 partitioned drives that I have on each.
Then, I changed the OS drive in my Desktop. Now, my Laptop can no longer see the drives on my Desktop, but my Desktop can continue to see and R/W to my Laptop.
Both have the latest update on Win 11 Pro. Both have the same login user name and password. I can see both PC's on both when I open "Networks."
I have tried everything. Both PC's are configured identically in the "Advanced Sharing Settings".
Hi Wiley,
Sincere apologies for the inconvenience you are currently experiencing with your network file sharing.
My recommendation to resolving this issue you are experiencing is to config both devices from the beginning simultaneously.
Kindly follow the steps below on both devices.
Kindly let me know if you need any clarifications.
Thank you for the reply. But still does not work.
On my Desktop: All the services you mentioned were already running but I had to turn on both the SMB services.
On my Laptop:
Function Discovery Provider Host was not running, but the other two were.
SMB Direct was running but the other was not. I turned everything on as directed.
I did as you directed, but nothing changed. I can easily access and map the drives on my Laptop from the Desktop, but when I try to access the Desktop from my Laptop, I still get the password error.
I am now "locked out and may not be logged on to" for the account on my laptop. And, is not accessible from my desktop.
I did and am now locked out of my laptop. Neither the PIN nor the password work.
To better understand you, you are now getting the error "locked out and may not be logged on to" when you try to login to your profile on your laptop?
I am so sorry you are experiencing this Wiley, If your Microsoft account is the sign in on your laptop, try changing the password on the web at account.microsoft.com and wait for an hour or two for it to sync with your device.
Ok, maybe the lockout timed out because I am back in my Laptop as a "Local User". And, yes I can now access the drives on my Desktop from there even though I returned my Desktop back to the MS account. But now I can't see my Laptop from my Desktop.
Thanks for your help, but I have now spent the last 7 hours on this. I will have dinner and try again tomorrow.
Nice, I am glad to hear the issue has been resolved. Thank you for your patience.
Thanks for your feedback, can you try switch the accounts of both devices to local, from Account > your info, then restart both devices and see if you can have access from both ends.