I've never been able to get Windows backup to work with a shared network drive because it always asks for a password when there isn't one.
Since I'm on a home network behind multiple firewalls our shares are open and not password protected. Despite that fact Windows refuses to accept "no password" empty field as an answer. We're running in a Windows 11 environment (except for one Win 7 machine) but using the "Windows 7" backup option still available in Win 11 to avoid the One Drive cloud.
What I finally figured out is that a password-protected share is a requirement not an option for backup to run.
There have been some suggestions elsewhere to use a guest account with "guest" as the password. This doesn't work unless the guest account has "guest" as an assigned password. This is never mentioned.
The solution is quite simple: Create an Administrative account - we'll name it "Backup" - and assign a password. After that it works.
Windows Tip: Using "Windows 7" Backup to A Network Share Requires A Password
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Re: Windows Tip: Using "Windows 7" Backup to A Network Share Requires A Password
Windows is retarded. For example, OneDrive has a "Vault" which is a password-protected folder for sensitive information. However, the PIN used to access that folder is the same password/PIN used to log-in to Windows. So, if someone figured out your PIN they have defacto figured out your Vault PIN as well. Supposedly, you can change the password to the vault to be different from the Windows password, but I tried changing it several times and it wasn't possible.
Lets be honest, passwords in Windows are just there as a facade, just because no password would probably raise some eyebrows. Windows is as safe and secure as being guarded by Agent Fupa.
Lets be honest, passwords in Windows are just there as a facade, just because no password would probably raise some eyebrows. Windows is as safe and secure as being guarded by Agent Fupa.
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