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David Porter

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Hi everyone

Having a hell of a time sharing a folder publicly. Hoping to get some help!

Normally I would do via FTP, but in this case I need to publicly share a folder via SMB in Windows 10.

What I've done so far:

- Shared folder
- Granted permission to read/write/access to my local administrator account
- Opened Public File and Printer Sharing in Firewall (even turned Firewall off completely, makes no difference)
- Turned off password required to share files in Advanced Sharing Settings
- No router firewall or 3rd party software Firewall. Only Windows Firewall.

I then try to connect the SMB from a remote PC using the following format:

\\IP\Computer Name\Folder Name

I'm then prompted to enter a Username and Password. I've tried the following combinations but nothing is accepted:
- Username and Password of the account I granted access to
- Guest and no Password
- Left the username and password blank

None of the above work.

Any help to would be great – hoping it's something simple that I've forgotten!
 
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