Username or password is incorrect

Question

_{Wednesday, February 15, 2017 8:33 PM}

While attempting to access a folder share, on a Windows 10 computer, I receive the following message, "The user name or password is incorrect". The problem is, the username and password, Is correct. I have double checked the password, for multiple user accounts, that should be able to access the Windows 10 computer, but all are greeted with the same response.

The Windows 10 computer is on a Workgroup, network. I am trying to access it from a different Windows 10 computer, again, on a Workgroup, to no avail.

I've deleted and reinstalled the wired NIC and verified that sharing is enabled.

Any clues?

All replies (2)

_{Wednesday, February 15, 2017 9:49 PM ✅Answered}

Windows 10 likes \ appears to need the target \ domain name specified for the connection. So have you tried as the username TARGETPCNAME\Username as the username? TARGETPCNAME being the computer name of the PC you are connecting too. the \ is used as the separator for the domain then username (the username prompt will change to reflect that)

_{Wednesday, February 15, 2017 11:03 PM | 1 vote}

That worked. additionally, using ".\username" also works. Not sure why Windows 10 wants to use that convention, I usually see it in domain environments, not workgroups.

Thanks for the assist!