Why is it asking for network credentials?

[BlackManINC]

So when I try mapping my external hard drive to my dad's laptop, its asking me to enter network credentials. I'm not sure what its asking for exactly. Is it asking for my computers credentials or the ones for his laptop? Do I enter his Microsoft email and password? 

[jaslion]

Your computers user folder name (so c:\users\%username%) + your password.

[BlackManINC]

8 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Your computers user folder name (so c:\users\%username%) + your password.

So you mean the name of the computer? The name of My dad's laptop or my computer that the drive is connected to?

[jaslion]

Just now, BlackManINC said:

So you mean the name of the computer? The name of My dad's laptop or my computer that the drive is connected to?

The name of your account. BUT that isn't always the same as how it is registered in windows so you go to the location I specified and look for your account name. Then that is the user you give in for the credentials and then enter the password.

[whispous]

The username and password of the account currently logged in and sharing the drive to the network.

[Lurick]

If you're accessing your father's windows machine then you'll need his microsoft account and password, yes, provided he's signed in that way.

[BlackManINC]

4 minutes ago, Lurick said:

If you're accessing your father's windows machine then you'll need his microsoft account and password, yes, provided he's signed in that way.

 But what if he isn't signed in that way though? I mean, he doesn't enter any credentials when turning his computer on. 

[BlackManINC]

Never mind, I just disabled password protection in the advanced sharing screen. I'll just secure my shit via group permissions. 

[BlackManINC]

@jaslion @Lurick @whispous

 

Thought I was done, guess I'm not. So now I'm trying to add my dads laptop as a user so I can give it access to my windowsimagebackup folder on my networked external hard drive. But when I type in the name of his computer, it can't find it, even though it already has access to the drive itself, or the volume.