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i am trying to backup a file from another computer on my network (windows 10) and I am being asked for authentication settings. I don't need these to access the network to view the files. Where do find this information?

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I normally don't use Windows-based shared files - I use a public share on a NAS - but I tried this.  ATI asked me for credentials and I provided my userid and password since I created the shared folder.  I suspect I could have provided the id and passwords of anybody on the machine doing the backup since I had specified authorized users as "Everybody".

I have no idea what you would do if you don't use a password to log onto Windows.  Maybe leave the password blank, or maybe any password would be accepted.  (Or maybe ATI demands a usable password so nothing will be acceptable.)

I also have no idea how this works if you use Microsoft accounst rather than local accounts on your computers

Robert Brodbeck, you likely accessed the remote share from Windows by entering credentials at one point and they were saved so that it is authenticating with them still.

In Acronis, you will need to authenticate again, using the exact same credentials being used by Windows as Windows has a limitation of only being able to remotely authenticate to the same device per the Windows logged on session.

Most likely, you need to enter the other computer name\username and password used for that username on the other computer.  I.E.

computername/username

password <enter>

The reason you normally need to include the computer name of the remote computer is because you are on a workgroup and not on a domain.  Workgroups rely on local accounts... computer A and computer B may be using the exact same username and password, but the access would actually be:

computerA/username when accessing remotely from computer B

computerB/username when accessing remotely from computer A