Windows 11’s September Patch Tuesday cumulative, KB5065426 (OS Build 26100.6584), has been linked to widespread file- and print-sharing failures on some machines, with multiple community threads and Microsoft Q&A posts reporting disabled sharing settings, networks switching from Private to...
Renaming a Windows 11 PC is one of those tiny housekeeping tasks that pays outsized dividends: it makes devices easier to find on a network, helps you avoid confusion when syncing across accounts, and can even improve basic security by hiding OEM‑style default names. The process is intentionally...
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Problem Summary
The Samba server on Debian Trixie did not appear automatically in Windows Network Explorer, unlike on Armbian Bookworm + OMV which appeared directly and prompted for credentials.
Root Cause Analysis
Environmental Differences:
Windows 11 24H2 (OS build 26100.6584)
Debian: Samba...
New Windows Server 2022 installed as a Workgroup without a Domain Controller.
4 client PCs connect to shared folders on the server.
The PC clients keep getting mapped shares disconnected - red X in File Explorer.
This is not a network issue - the PCs are able to connect to the Windows Server...
They are many weeks I've been struggling with sharing issue on my network and as it is said "a picture is worth a thousand words" so here what is happening and what I don't understand.
Does someone have a clue ?
Of course, files & folders sharing is set, all on the same workgroup, network...
How do I get the ip address of a NETBIOS name using WSD from the command line (not power shell).
This is Windows Explorer (not IE) doing what I want, but I want to do it from the command line also
I am involved in a project that will de-merge two companies.
At one point a new server with the same netbios name etc must exist on the same lan as the existing one.
It has been suggested that I separate these two devices by placing the new server on a different VLAN.
I am looking for peoples...
Hello everyone,
I have a Dell server running Windows 2019 server Standard which is on the same network with 4 Dell pc's running Windows 7 Home X64. All machines have static IP.
All the Dell pc's can see and access the server and files without any problem, through networking.
The server can see...
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netbios
network error
network issues
network path
network setup
networking
printer sharing
remote access
server configuration
shared resources
static ip
tcp/ip
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windows server
Several Windows 10 machines in my home network communicating without problem. Some month ago I added a Windows 7 machine, which was accessible for a while, thereafter it was only found but no files accessible any more. Now another newly installed Windows 7 machine shows the same problem. I have...
I have three computers with XP, Vista and Win7 in home network.
I cant access always Vista and Win7 from XP by name, only by IP address.
I suspect it's some NetBIOS refresh issue.
Can someone help me?
Hi All,
Our network is in workgroup but not in domain because of most of the computers in the office are home edition operating systems. Though we have windows server 2012 as a file server.
Our issue is the network slow, by analyzing I found the issue may be with the computers cannot identify...
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Hello,
I have a weird problem, I can ping certain hosts in my network without a problem, but certain others when I try to ping at first it will come back with Destination host unreachable, but after a minute of running "ping -t 192.168.1.140" it will find it and replies start coming back. I...
Hi,
I am running windows 7 on my host machine, and also running virtualbox with windows xp.
I have internet running on the host and the VM using the same LAN network (home network).
But I have a netbios problem on XP even though I have netbios enabled in network connection properties. Even...
Hello All,
A problem has recently arisen on my work laptop. I have been using it for a solid 8 months with no issues, about 2300 hours of use. As soon as we install a new router, i have frequent network disconnects. However, i also installed a few windows updates the same morning. ALL network...
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Hi all
i have problem With my new Laptop it says DNS server not responding Router (Wifi). only pages dosnt load and it says internet access my desktop Works fine here is my internet
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Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved...
I recently posted this on yahoo answers, but its been over a day and no replies so i came here to ask for help:
The edits are from yahoo, it's just a little extra info
I've had this problem for a few days now, for the last few months i have been using my school laptop to share internet to my...
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This is more of an annoyance but when I initially try to connect to a share on my network it takes about 30 -60 seconds. For example, when I go to \\1.1.1.1\c$ or even \\netbiosname\sharename it will take 30-60 seconds to connect. It will connect and after that everything is fast and...