Windows 10: File and Print Sharing do not work on Windows 10

I've spent 2 days trying to set up simple file and print sharing among 4 PCs on a home network no server. Theses are all machines with simple configurations no games, basically just Office 365. Two machines use Windows 10 Pro and two use Windows 10 Home. The latest upgrades and patches have been applied. All computers are set up in the following manner: 1. Under Network and Sharing Center Advanced Sharing Settings: Private Network • Turn on network discovery • Turn on automatic setup of network connected devices. • Turn on file and printer sharing Guest or Public •Turn off

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Windows 10 Home Won't Print to Remote Printer


I have three computers.
Machine 1: Windows 10 pro, has the USB Brother HL-5040 printer
Machine 2: Windows 10 pro, prints OK to the remote printer.
Machine 3: Windows 10 home, Used to print, but not anymore (THIS IS THE PROBLEM).
I’ve tried everything that I can think of, and would appreciate any suggestions.
I did these steps on Machine 3 that did not work.

1. Remove the printer device.
2. Add a Printer
3. The printer that I want isn’t listed
4. Select a shared printer by name
5. Browse
6. Select the displayed Machine 1.
7. Select the displayed Printer.
8. Next
9. Failure “Connect to Printer”.
10. Add a printer using a TCP/IP address or Hostname
11. Next
12. Set Hostname to Machine 2, and set port name.
13. Detecting TCP/IP Port
14. Additional Port information required.
15. Device Type – Standard, Brother Port Server
16. Next
17. Detecting the Driver Model
18. Install The Print Driver
19. Select Brother and Brother HL-5040
20. Next
21. Replace the Current Driver
22. Printer Name (setting it to HL-5040)
23. Next
24. Do not share this printer
25. Next
26. You’ve successfully added “HL-5040”
27. Finish

Printing on Machine 3 puts the document in the print queue, which reports error printing.
Printing from Machine 2 to the printer on Machine 1 works perfectly.
All three machines are in the same HomeGroup. Machine 3 can access the shared files from Machine 1.

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

File and print sharing

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Windows 10. We appreciate your interest in Windows 10. We
understand that you are not able to print and we do apologies. I can help you with it.

For better understanding of the issue, please provide us following information:

• Which build of Windows 10 are you using?
• You can try uninstalling and reinstalling that software and check.

The issue you have reported usually occurs if the drivers needed for the device are not installed properly or if the drivers are not compatible with the Operating System.

I would suggest you to visit manufacturer's website and install the latest available driver for the device .

If the drivers for the device are not yet available for Windows 10, hence I suggest you to reinstall them in compatibility mode.

Follow the steps below to install the driver in compatibility mode and see if it helps:

• Right click on the setup file of the driver and select
  Properties
• Select Compatibility Tab
• Place a check mark next to Run this program in Compatibility mode and select the operating system accordingly from the drop down list
• Click OK and run the setup.

I would suggest you to visit manufacturer's website and install the latest available driver for the device in compatibility mode.

Hope this helps.

Please post back if you have any questions. We will be glad to provide you with the additional options.