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Cannot access anonymous file shares after updating to Insider Preview 2004
I ended wiping my PC clean and performing a clean reinstall of Windows 10. I'm not enrolling in the Insider program any more with potential bugs like that. I tried at least.
happyshow, just wanted to add a +1 to this. I find myself in exactly the same situation as you. Linux SAMBA Shares at home with Guest access enabled. Upgraded my 1909 machine to the 2004 Insider Build and even though the Group Policy is properly enabled, it acts as though it was not.
I ended wiping my PC clean and performing a clean reinstall of Windows 10. I'm not enrolling in the Insider program any more with potential bugs like that. I tried at least.
happyshowJust thought I'd let you know I found the answer to this question. It appears that the Group Policy setting is not correctly modifying the Registry Entry it's supposed to be tied to. If you check this https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4046019/guest-access-in-smb2-disabled-by-default-in-windows-10-and-windows-ser it refers to the Registry Entry specifically. If you manually change that Registry Key, your Guest access will work again (doesn't even require a reboot). I'm guessing this is ultimately an issue with the GP templates which they will hopefully fix before final release.
The issue is still existing in the final version.
Justin_Shea, just registered to say thank you for solving my issue. For some reason this issue reappeared for me after installation of Windows 10 version 2004 on one computer (but not on another). I had tried the group policy, which didn't seem to do anything. After I found your post I also found a .reg file I had created before for exactly this purpose that I had forgotten about. So thank you. 🙂
Thanks for the reply. Justin_Shea
