0x80004005 (Unspecified error) when accessing network share in Windows 7

Question

I'm getting error 0x80004005 when trying to access a network share in Windows 7. The network share was created from a Windows 7 computer and is being accessed by a Windows 7 computer. The same exact configuration worked properly a month ago and for whatever reason doesn't work anymore.

I've tried

• Creating HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy and setting the value to 1
• Removing all 6to4 adapters in Device Manager
• Disabling IPv6 and setting IPv4 to a static address on the same subnet mask as the other computer
• Verifying the two computers are on the same workgroup
• Disabling the firewall and antivirus
• Updating Windows
• Accessing the share using \\[IP_ADDRESS]\[SHARE] and \\[HOSTNAME]\[SHARE]
• On the host computer (server) checking \\localhost for the share - the share does appear and I can access files
• Enabling NetBIOS over TCP/IP

How can I access this network share? Any help would be appreciated!

Solution

Fixed by installing KB4487345.

Comments

[shawn]

Recent patches disable SMB v1. Have you tried reenabling it on the guest device?

[etnguyen03]

Both machines are Windows 7; is that only for Windows 10 machines?

[David Balažic]

I had this problem recently on Windows 7. Reason: I had the "Client for Microsoft Networks" component turned off on my LAN properties.