Can’t Access Shared Folder Because of Organization’s Security Policies [Tutorial]
44Can’t Access Shared Folder Because of Organization’s Security Policies [Tutorial]
If you try to connect to a device, which requires guest credentials instead of proper authentication, you might encounter an error message – You cannot access this shared folder because your organization’s security policies block unauthenticated guest access. To resolve this problem, you can use the Group Policy Editor or the Registry Editor.
You can’t access this shared folder because your organization’s security policies block unauthenticated guest access
I ran in to this while I was trying to access My Lacie NAS drive from my Windows 10 computer. NAS was directly connected to the network and no access permissions required to access the shared folders. I have set permissions according to the user groups. So anyone who got the access permissions can access the relevant folders and if users don’t have the permissions folders will not be displaying in the explorer.
” You can’t access this shared folder because your organization’s security policies block unauthenticated guest access. These polices help to protect you PC from unsafe or malicious devices on the network”.
So I tried to connect this drive as a Network file share to my laptop and I was prompted with this error message on my screen. So I thought to share this post in my blog so anyone who has the same issue able to find this in the internet easily.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7 operating systems.Works for all major computer manufactures (Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Samsung).