warmbells

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Hi,
My wife purchased a recon PC with Windows 10 installed, it networked with my windows 7 PC okay. I've finaly gotten round to upgrading my PC to windows 10 and I cannot see her PC. How do I go about getting the two PCs to be on the network?
thanks,
Gerald
 

Solution
On her computer
  • Click on the Start Button
  • Type powershell
  • Right click on the powershell icon and select 'Run As Administrator'
  • Type or copy the following Set-NetConnectionProfile -NetworkCategory Private

Neemobeer

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If they're connected to the same LAN either wired out wireless they are networked.
 

warmbells

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Thanks for the reply,
she can see my PC but I cannot see hers. Network Discovery is set to on. I have not yet restarted the PCs yet, will I have to restart them both for the networks to see each other? I have a few things to do yet before I restart my PC.
 

Neemobeer

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From file explorer on your system, if you click Network does it throw an error?
 

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Make sure file sharing is on as well. I believe that is required to see other Windows devices
 

warmbells

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Make sure file sharing is on as well. I believe that is required to see other Windows devices
File and printer sharing is on for private, guest and public networks. I'm 73 and this is a bit above me at the moment, it was all running okay before I upgraded
 

warmbells

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Make sure file sharing is on as well. I believe that is required to see other Windows devices
I've just checked both PCs, her PC shows as a public network and mine shows as a private network. How do I get to make them both the same?
 

Neemobeer

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On her computer
  • Click on the Start Button
  • Type powershell
  • Right click on the powershell icon and select 'Run As Administrator'
  • Type or copy the following Set-NetConnectionProfile -NetworkCategory Private
 

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