Mapping Network Drives

Hi All, I'm certain that this question has arisen before. In fact I know it has. We all know that Microsoft's idea of networking is, shall we say, rather obtuse. I know that to map a network drive without entering credentials is disabled in win 11/10 Home. (I'm running 11/ 24H2) I also know that there is a get-around for this using Gpedit.enabler.msc. However, having run all the instructions [that I have seen] it still doesn't work without credentials. It's all very strange because I have had some success with some PCs but I have only succeeded in gaining access to the Public folder on these. Why do some work and others not? On one, a brand new PC, Lanman Workstation in Administrative Templates isn't even visible. This is important, isn't it?
And what credentials are required, anyway? I've tried all the user names and passwords on the system, none work. But in any case this is a pain everytime I need to connect to a networked drive.
Is there a definitive answer to this most vexing situation? I have a fleet of PCs and I want to be able to connect to any folder on any drive on any PC from any PC. I come from an IT background. Youcwould be forgiven for thinking I would be able to figure this out. but I've been retired since 2007 so I'm a bit behind now. There are a lot of questions here and I expect there's loads of people out there who can figure this out for me. I have tried other suggestions on the net but none of them quite cover this exact issue.

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What device is sharing the files? what OS? Sharing files with no security is bad, if you don't want to have the 'reconnect pain' , just map the shares in a batch file that runs at startup - one and done.

More Reading:
Windows drive mapping is built in Explorer, but I use CMD. Start>Run>CMD then type in net use H: \\computername\folder
Check this out https://www.howtogeek.com/118452/how-to-map-network-drives-from-the-command-prompt-in-windows/
I have 2 NAS devices that are persistently mapped, so when I log on I have "drives" N, W, X, Y mapped to specific folders (shares) movies, music, & a share for passing files between PCs.
In the business world mapped drive are usually part of one's log on script, so you could keep them in a batch file in your start up folder.
Also:

https://forums.majorgeeks.com/threa...roup-over-ethernet-setup.324891/#post-2055923

https://forums.majorgeeks.com/threa...roup-over-ethernet-setup.324891/#post-2055984