Windows 10 1709 Cannot Access SMB2 Share Guest Access

Thu, 19 Oct 2017 17:51:57 +0000

After Upgrading to Windows 10 1709 (Fall Creators Update) I couldn’t access my Synology NAS anymore. Therefore I started troubleshooting the Windows 10 1709 Cannot Access SMB2 Share Guest Access error:

An error occurred while reconnecting X: to \\nas\data Microsoft Windows Network: You can’t access this shared folder because your organization’s security policies block unauthenticated guest access. These policies help protect your PC from unsafe or malicious devices on the network.

Manage Local Administrator Rights Using Group Policy

Sat, 14 Oct 2017 13:37:49 +0000

If you imagine that your users or administrators have uncontrolled local administrator rights it’s a nightmare. They have (certainly) full control over their computer, and could do a lot of harm. So managing local administrator rights is definitely a must.

Manage Local Administrator Rights

The Active Directory Group Policies offer a great possibility to manage local groups on clients or servers. All the magic happens with “Restricted Groups”.

Adding a group or users to a local group

If you want to add a certain group to a built-in group add the group to the restricted groups under the “This group is a member of” sections:

Gpo on Nicola Suter

Windows 10 1709 Cannot Access SMB2 Share Guest Access

Manage Local Administrator Rights Using Group Policy

Manage Local Administrator Rights

Adding a group or users to a local group