Windows Wrangling


2026-04-09

A dumping ground for things to make Windows tolerable in the rare case I have to troubleshoot it.

Allow SMB anonymous guest access

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Set-SmbClientConfiguration -EnableInsecureGuestLogons $true -Force

Including Linux/Samba Shares

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Set-SmbClientConfiguration -RequireSecuritySignature $false -Force

Older methods that may or may not work anymore

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reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanWorkstation\Parameters" /v AllowInsecureGuestAuth /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

net stop LanmanWorkstation && net start LanmanWorkstation
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Restart-Service LanmanWorkstation -Force