diff --git a/src/tweaks/network.h b/src/tweaks/network.h
index b7e0d6d2a2..0bfdd8d5d7 100644
--- a/src/tweaks/network.h
+++ b/src/tweaks/network.h
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ void network_loadState(void)
     network_state.hotspot = config_flag_get(".hotspotState");
     network_state.ntp = config_flag_get(".ntpState");
     network_state.ntp_wait = config_flag_get(".ntpWait");
-    network_state.auth_smbd = config_flag_get(".authsmbdState");
     network_state.auth_ftp = config_flag_get(".authftpState");
     network_state.auth_http = config_flag_get(".authhttpState");
     network_state.auth_ssh = config_flag_get(".authsshState");
@@ -297,12 +296,6 @@ void network_keepServicesAlive(void *pt)
     network_setState(&network_state.keep_alive, ".keepServicesAlive", !((ListItem *)pt)->value);
 }
 
-void network_setSmbdAuthState(void *pt)
-{
-    network_setState(&network_state.auth_smbd, ".authsmbdState", ((ListItem *)pt)->value);
-    network_execServiceAuth("smbd");
-}
-
 void network_setFtpAuthState(void *pt)
 {
     network_setState(&network_state.auth_ftp, ".authftpState", ((ListItem *)pt)->value);
@@ -375,7 +368,7 @@ void menu_smbd(void *pt)
     if (!_menu_smbd._created) {
         network_getSmbShares();
 
-        _menu_smbd = list_createWithSticky(2 + network_numShares, "Samba");
+        _menu_smbd = list_createWithSticky(1 + network_numShares, "Samba");
 
         list_addItemWithInfoNote(&_menu_smbd,
                                  (ListItem){
@@ -385,19 +378,6 @@ void menu_smbd(void *pt)
                                      .value = (int)network_state.smbd,
                                      .action = network_setSmbdState},
                                  item->info_note);
-        list_addItemWithInfoNote(&_menu_smbd,
-                                 (ListItem){
-                                     .label = "Enable authentication",
-                                     .sticky_note = "Enable password authentication",
-                                     .item_type = TOGGLE,
-                                     .disabled = !network_state.smbd,
-                                     .value = (int)network_state.auth_smbd,
-                                     .action = network_setSmbdAuthState},
-                                 "Username: onion\n"
-                                 "Password: onion\n"
-                                 " \n"
-                                 "We're using a new auth system. User defined\n"
-                                 "passwords will come in a future update.");
 
         for (int i = 0; i < network_numShares; i++) {
             ListItem shareItem = {
diff --git a/static/build/.tmp_update/runtime.sh b/static/build/.tmp_update/runtime.sh
index aececa7c40..480131a979 100644
--- a/static/build/.tmp_update/runtime.sh
+++ b/static/build/.tmp_update/runtime.sh
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ main() {
 }
 
 state_change() {
+    log "state change: $1"
     runifnecessary "keymon" keymon
     check_networking
     touch /tmp/state_changed
@@ -583,9 +584,12 @@ check_networking() {
         return
     fi
 
-    rm /tmp/network_changed
-
-    $sysdir/script/network/update_networking.sh check
+    if pgrep -f update_networking.sh; then
+        log "update_networking already running"
+    else
+        rm /tmp/network_changed
+        $sysdir/script/network/update_networking.sh check
+    fi
 
     check_timezone
 }
diff --git a/static/build/.tmp_update/script/network/update_networking.sh b/static/build/.tmp_update/script/network/update_networking.sh
index ef5ee16a7e..d31344115a 100644
--- a/static/build/.tmp_update/script/network/update_networking.sh
+++ b/static/build/.tmp_update/script/network/update_networking.sh
@@ -150,9 +150,8 @@ check_smbdstate() {
                     /var/private \
                     /var/log/
 
-                update_smbconf
                 $netscript/start_smbd.sh $PASS &
-                log "Samba: Starting smbd at exit of tweaks.."
+                log "Samba: Starting smbd.."
             else
                 disable_flag smbdState
             fi
@@ -165,14 +164,6 @@ check_smbdstate() {
     fi
 }
 
-update_smbconf() {
-    if flag_enabled authsmbdState; then
-        sed -i -e '/guest only/s/1/0/g' -e 's/#alid users = onion/valid users = onion/g' $sysdir/config/smb.conf
-    else
-        sed -i -e '/guest only/s/0/1/g' -e 's/valid users = onion/#alid users = onion/g' $sysdir/config/smb.conf
-    fi
-}
-
 smbd_authed() {
     if flag_enabled smbdState; then
         update_smbconf
@@ -436,11 +427,6 @@ check_ntpstate() {
             return 1
         fi
 
-        # Try once for good luck (this is faster - when it works)
-        if get_time; then
-            return 0
-        fi
-
         attempts=0
         max_wait_ip=10
         max_attempts=3
@@ -456,6 +442,7 @@ check_ntpstate() {
                     log "NTPwait: Could not aquire an IP address"
                     ret_val=1
                     got_ip=0
+                    break
                 fi
             else
                 log "NTPwait: IP address aquired: $ip"
@@ -493,7 +480,7 @@ check_ntpstate() {
 get_time() { # handles 2 types of network time, instant from an API or longer from an NTP server, if the instant API checks fails it will fallback to the longer ntp
     log "NTP: started time update"
 
-    response=$(curl -s --connect-timeout 3 http://worldtimeapi.org/api/ip.txt)
+    response=$(curl -s -m 3 http://worldtimeapi.org/api/ip.txt)
     utc_datetime=$(echo "$response" | grep -o 'utc_datetime: [^.]*' | cut -d ' ' -f2 | sed "s/T/ /")
     if ! flag_enabled "manual_tz"; then
         utc_offset="UTC$(echo "$response" | grep -o 'utc_offset: [^.]*' | cut -d ' ' -f2)"
@@ -501,27 +488,33 @@ get_time() { # handles 2 types of network time, instant from an API or longer fr
 
     if [ -z "$utc_datetime" ]; then
         log "NTP: Failed to get time from worldtimeapi.org, trying timeapi.io"
-        utc_datetime=$(curl -s -k --connect-timeout 5 https://timeapi.io/api/Time/current/zone?timeZone=UTC | grep -o '"dateTime":"[^.]*' | cut -d '"' -f4 | sed 's/T/ /')
+        utc_datetime=$(curl -s -k -m 5 https://timeapi.io/api/Time/current/zone?timeZone=UTC | grep -o '"dateTime":"[^.]*' | cut -d '"' -f4 | sed 's/T/ /')
         if ! flag_enabled "manual_tz"; then
-            ip_address=$(curl -s -k --connect-timeout 5 https://api.ipify.org)
-            utc_offset_seconds=$(curl -s -k --connect-timeout 5 https://timeapi.io/api/TimeZone/ip?ipAddress=$ip_address | jq '.currentUtcOffset.seconds')
+            ip_address=$(curl -s -k -m 5 https://api.ipify.org)
+            utc_offset_seconds=$(curl -s -k -m 5 https://timeapi.io/api/TimeZone/ip?ipAddress=$ip_address | jq '.currentUtcOffset.seconds')
             utc_offset="$(convert_seconds_to_utc_offset $utc_offset_seconds)"
         fi
     fi
 
-    if [ ! -z "$utc_datetime" ]; then
-        if [ ! -z "$utc_offset" ]; then
+    if [ -n "$utc_datetime" ]; then
+        playActivity stop_all
+
+        if [ -n "$utc_offset" ]; then
             echo "$utc_offset" | sed 's/\+/_/' | sed 's/-/+/' | sed 's/_/-/' > $sysdir/config/.tz
             cp $sysdir/config/.tz $sysdir/config/.tz_sync
             sync
             set_tzid
         fi
+
         if date -u -s "$utc_datetime" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
             hwclock -w
             log "NTP: Time successfully aquired using API"
             touch /tmp/ntp_synced
+            playActivity resume
             return 0
         fi
+
+        playActivity resume
     fi
 
     log "NTP: Failed to get time via timeapi.io as well, falling back to NTP."
diff --git a/static/configs/.tmp_update/config/smb.conf b/static/configs/.tmp_update/config/smb.conf
index 6b6e78ca4d..b8b096c516 100644
--- a/static/configs/.tmp_update/config/smb.conf
+++ b/static/configs/.tmp_update/config/smb.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## Onion smb.conf
 
 [global]
+
 workgroup = workgroup
 client min protocol = SMB2
 client max protocol = SMB3
@@ -17,96 +18,86 @@ cache directory = /var/run/samba/locks/cache
 ntp signd socket directory = /var/lib/ntp_signd
 pid directory = /var/run/
 
-map to guest = Bad User
 server role = standalone server
 
 ## Edit your shares below
 
 [BIOS]
-#alid users = onion
+valid users = onion
 path = /mnt/SDCARD/BIOS
 public = 1
-guest only = 1
 writable = 1
 force create mode = 0666
 force directory mode = 0777
 available = 1
 
 [Media]
-#alid users = onion
+valid users = onion
 path = /mnt/SDCARD/Media
 public = 1
-guest only = 1
 writable = 1
 force create mode = 0666
 force directory mode = 0777
 available = 1
 
 [Overlays]
-#alid users = onion
+valid users = onion
 path = /mnt/SDCARD/RetroArch/.retroarch/overlay
 public = 1
-guest only = 1
 writable = 1
 force create mode = 0666
 force directory mode = 0777
 available = 1
 
 [Roms]
-#alid users = onion
+valid users = onion
 path = /mnt/SDCARD/Roms
 public = 1
-guest only = 1
 writable = 1
 force create mode = 0666
 force directory mode = 0777
 available = 1
 
 [Saves]
-#alid users = onion
+valid users = onion
 path = /mnt/SDCARD/Saves/CurrentProfile/saves
 public = 1
-guest only = 1
 writable = 1
 force create mode = 0666
 force directory mode = 0777
 available = 1
 
 [Screenshots]
-#alid users = onion
+valid users = onion
 path = /mnt/SDCARD/Screenshots
 public = 1
-guest only = 1
 writable = 1
 force create mode = 0666
 force directory mode = 0777
 available = 1
 
 [Themes]
-#alid users = onion
+valid users = onion
 path = /mnt/SDCARD/Themes
 public = 1
-guest only = 1
 writable = 1
 force create mode = 0666
 force directory mode = 0777
 available = 1
 
 [Video filters]
-#alid users = onion
+valid users = onion
 path = /mnt/SDCARD/RetroArch/.retroarch/filters/video
 public = 1
-guest only = 1
 writable = 1
 force create mode = 0666
 force directory mode = 0777
 available = 1
 
 [__SDCARD]
-#alid users = onion
+valid users = onion
 path = /mnt/SDCARD/
 public = 0
-guest only = 1
 writable = 1
 force create mode = 0666
 force directory mode = 0777