Turn Off Password Protected Sharing Windows 10. How to Disable Sharing Passwords
6Turn Off Password Protected Sharing Windows 10. How to Disable Sharing Passwords
In this tutorial, we will show you how to turn off password protected sharing in Windows 11/10 computers. By default, password protected sharing option or feature remains turned on in Windows 11/10. But, you can turn it off by following some simple steps.
The password-protected sharing feature of Windows 11/10 OS helps the users, who have a local user account and password on their computer, to access or open the shared files, the Public folders, and attached printers. Other users who don’t have a user account and password can’t access such items on your computer. But, if you want, you can let other people access the shared files, Public folders, etc., on your computer by turning off the password-protected sharing on your Windows 11/10 computer.
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After installing the latest Windows 10 updates, many Windows users reported not being able to turn off the password for protected sharing.
Password protected sharing is a Windows 10 feature that stops other users from accessing shared files, printers or public folders.
Some users reported that the Off button wouldn’t stick when trying to use this feature.
Other users were able to move the button to the Off position, but reported that the settings didn’t change after restarting the computer.
By default, password protected sharing is turned on in Windows 10. This means that only people who have a password-protected user account on their PC can access shared files, shared folders and shared printers attached to that PC. To give other people access, password protected sharing must be turned off. In this tutorial, we will see how to make your shared resources available for users without an account on your PC by disabling the password-protected sharing feature.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Alienware, Razer, MSI, Huawei , Microsoft Surface, and Samsung.