"Fix problem while trying to connect to the share in windows 7 that requests a username and password, even when entering the right password it will keep saying that you do not have permisson to access the share"

• Make sure all the computer is on the same Work Group.
• See if the machine to which you want to connect has some shared folder, with sharing permissions set to "Everyone".
• Click the start button and type secpol.msc in the search function.
• Browse to "Local Policies" - "Security Options".  
• Now look for the entry "Network Security: LAN Manager authentication level" and open it.  
• Click on the dropdown menu and select "Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated".
• Apply the settings.

• In the Advanced sharing settings page of Network and sharing center, you need to have it set as Work/Home profile.  
• Try Enable network discovery
• Turn on  file and print sharing
• Turn off password protected sharing
• Use user accounts and passwords to connect to other computers

1. Enter “gpedit.msc” in the Start Search box. 
2. Open “Computer Configuration”/Windows Settings/Security Settings/Local Policies/Security Settings.
3. In the right pane, enable the following policies:

• Network access: Allow anonymous SID/name translation
• Network access: Let Everyone permissions apply to anonymous users
• Also please disable the following policies.
• Network access: Restrict anonymous access to Named Pipes and Shares
• Network access: Do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts
• Network access: Do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts and shares

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