Broken SMB, Yatse & HifiBerry after update

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I got it working !
It seems to be a common issue with an update on april, who seems to have disabled Guest SMB access.

SMB Shares - Cannot Browse After Update

Same story as everyone else. Update on the 14th caused OSMC to require password and username. It will not accept anything. Checked to see if there was an update to SMB in the app store but it is the same version 1.1.8 from 2015-05-24. I uninstalled SMB server and reinstalled it but nothing works. While the update did not brick my system it might as well have made it a paperweight for at the moment it no longer works. Please can you help. Either by giving clear instructions on how to fix this. …

I created an hidden account on Windows with the following bat and reg :

SMB Shares - Cannot Browse After Update

“/active:no” You didn’t hide account, but completely deactivated it. You should follow this instruction: How to hide user accounts from the login screen in Windows 8.1 TIP: If you deactivated account, account will disappear from folder permissions even if you activate it again. You must add it once again. Ok while the instructions were for Windows 8.1 and not Windows 7 like what I have (the only change was I had to search for “Computer Management” from the start bar). THAT DID IT. I now h…

And set the correct credentials on OSMC (first by SSH, didn’t work, then trough the UI).

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Is there anything I did wrong, or that I should do to have a better update experience ? It’s the second time, so I’ll be a bit frightened to do it a third time
Or… If it ain’t broke, don’t update it ?

Thanks AndersG anyway, and people involved in this awesomeness.