I have Windows Home Server 2011 running on a HP Microserver but have recently been unable to access it from a Windows 10 or 11 clients. I keep getting "\\[My_Server] is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource...This user can't sign in because the account is currently disabled".
The user credentials (account name and password) are the same on both client and server and the account is enabled on the server. I am not sure if this is related to a recent Windows update. It was working so I am not sure what is the fix. Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction.
Yes, file access. Light-Out is fine. It stopped working on October and I posted a request on a Microsoft forum wondering if this was related to a Windows Update.
The advice was:
Check the user credentials
Check Local Policies > Security Options then ensure "Accounts: Administrator account status" is enabled and check "Network access: Sharing and security model for local accounts" is set to Classic.
Verify Time Sync, make sure both machines have synced system clocks mismatched time can block auth.
Check Windows 10 Update History for a recent update may have changed NTLM or SMB behaviour. Try uninstalling the latest update temporarily to test.
I did all this and it still doesn't work. I received no further response so I thought I might ask here.
I can access the WHS server via Remote Access using the admin credentials, but I cannot access the server from either my Win 10 Pro or Win 11 Pro clients using my regular account credentials. These are the same on both clients and WHS 2011 server. It rather limits the usefulness of the server!
