network discovery

If you’ve ever found yourself perplexed by why some devices show up on your computer network while others don’t, you may have stumbled across the concept of Network Discovery. With the advent of Windows 11, understanding this feature becomes vital for efficient interactions between devices...

I have 3 computers (W11Pro, W10pro, W7Ult) connected on a private wireless network W11 cant see W10 or W7, It can also see the printers and the router. W10 cant see Win11 but it can see W7 (and the printers and router) W7 can see both W11 and W10 (and the printers and router) W10 and W11...

Started having intermittent problems seeing devices on my network so i checked sharing options and discovered network discovery was turned off. I made the changes to turn discovery on then saved settings. I went back and discovered that the settings reverted back to turning discovery off. I...

On Windows 10 Pro Version 22H2 OS Build 19045.3086 I have three PC's all on the same wireless network. All set to Private networks. All running 19045. All in workgroup WORKGROUP. None have passwords, all are Administrator accounts.There are no credentials. In Sharing settings, all PC's are set...

I have setup Windows Server 2022 on a workgroup (we don't need a domain). I have initiated all the correct Services for Network Discovery, ebaled the Firewall apps and activated Network Discovery. The problem is though the Server can see itself and the Network Printer, it cannot see or connect...

Hi, I have two PC's running Windows Server 2019 Standard Edition. Except for the CPU, they are almost identical. They are both serving the same AD Domain. In Settings -> Network & Internet -> Sharing Options, both have "Turn off network discovery" selected, and I cannot turn it on. That is, I...

I've spent many hours trying to resolve this problem and desperately hoping someone can help - Please! My issue is that one of my laptops cannot access shared folders. The network uses a TPlink Archer C2300 router and I have a desktop PC running Win 7 connected to this by Ethernet. I also...

Problems with Home Network. I have a home network comprising Virgin Media (Netgear) Super Hub 2 Router (2G and 5G wireless) A Lenovo AIO 730S Computer running Windows 10 Pro (5G wireless) An Acer 515 laptop running Windows 10 Home (5G wireless) A Cannon TS8150 printer (2G wireless) Several...

Hi guys I have a Server running winSrv 2012 R2 and have being upgrading my little knowledge from version 03 days. Thus has been reading about the threshold to switch from workgroup to domain, etc, etc. I notice that my Server did not use a Work Group or a Domain to link up the many PCs in the...

I have my Windows 10 Pro computer to connected to cable modem via Ethernet. I am not using Wi-Fi, just Ethernet only. I discovered two folders that I have not seen before. I deleted the folders and tried to turn off file sharing. I clinked to save changes and looked at the file explorer and...

Hi, I would like to create a bat file that will disable Network Discovery on Windows 10. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, David

I have installed Windows 10 Tech Preview 32 bit Build 9879. Yet I have found there is no way at all to change the network settings from Public Network to Private. On Windows 8.1 you could do this by going to PC Settings and clicking on the network but this does not work at all in Windows 10 . I...

Today my partner unplugged a number of network cables, not realising their importance. Now for about three hours my Windows 7 desktop will not find one of the computers on my home network (a networked file store). Two windows XP systems on the network successfully find this machine and can...

I have 4 computers on my home network, 3 of which are running Windows 7 pro, and the other one is Windows Vista home. All of the computers are in the same workgroup (I tried using homegroup as well, but it worked terribly and I disabled it), all of them have the same network settings (file and...

Win7 x64 SP1 PRO Office PC Win7 x32/x86 SP1 PRO Media Center PC Issue: How to adjust NAS drive(s) spin up frequency, check to see what is causing them to come out of sleep mode. NAS's are set to power down currently @5mins. Trying to figure out what is causing them to "Wake-up" and how to...

Hi folks this is an annoying puzzle for me. I have 64bit windows home premium and the firewall blocks local network discovery and options to enable file sharing and media streaming. I am using a home network, when i go to allow a program through there is no option for file and printer service...

I just had to format my home PC due to various issues; however, since then, I cannot access a shared folder on my room-mate's PC that I was able to access before the format. We both have Windows 7, we are connected to the same homegroup. I can SEE his PC and can click it, it shows the folders...

Hi! I have a laptop with win8 (64bit) inside it. The problem is: 1) Network discovery keeps turning itself on 2) File and print sharing keeps turning itself on 3) After the network discovery is turned on, there are odd new networks on the list. 1-2) Everytime I open the computer (or reboot...

Hi, I am trying to fix a problem with a machine on a small office network. There are about five machines on this network, all set to DHCP and all are members of the workgroup WORKGROUP. One machine (RECPETIONIST) has some shares on it for all other machines to access. All machines except one...

Since a few weeks ago (no system changes e.g. Updates TMK), my Win 7 machine BETA fails to connect to shared drives on my Win XP Home machine ADVENT after ADVENT has been powered off/on, saying: Location is not available [drive] is not accessible Logon failure: unknown username or bad...