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Sometimes when installing a fresh Windows you might not be able to connect to a shared network drive. This is especially true with Windows 11 and 24H2and up. There is a easy solution for this. I searched for hours to find this so to save you time here's the fix (might not work for you depending on the issue). The short explanation. Windows 11 Home 25H2 that I use have added more secure and strict network features. This prevents Windows from discovering drives in your network that are not "verified" and have no secure connection, even if you have a username and password. What we need to do is open up insecure connections and allow guest access. Allow Insecure Connections f…

Quick Info You must be signed in as an administrator to add, remove, and use the "Take Ownership" context menu. Taking Ownership of a FAT32 drive will not work and you will get an error indicating so since file permissions are only supported on NTFS and ReFS drives. In Windows 11, you will need to click/tap on Show more options first by default, then click/tap on Take Ownership. This will allow you to be able to instantly take ownership of a file, folder (and all contents), or drive (and all contents) by changing the owner to the current user and grant the Owner_Rights SID (for current owner) full access permission. When you right click or press and hold on a file, folder…