Windows 10: Network shares not working on 1803

I have three machines on my network and mainly used the printer share. Two of them are on Windows 10 Pro and one on Windows 7 Home Premium. They all used to belong to a single homegroup which was set up on one of the Windows 10 Pro machines.

After the 1803 update on both Windows 10 machines, I've had issues with machine discovery which have been fixed by looking at some other threads and enabling the two missing services. Now, both W10 machines can see each other (and themselves) on the network tab, which didn't work before. However, they can't connect to the other machine.





After the diagnostics utility, I get this:





It roughly translates to "Machine is available but not responding to connection attempts. A firewall or security setting might be blocking the connection on the file and printer sharing port."

I've correctly configured both machines Share settings to not use password and turned on the shares for Private networks. The network is configures as private on both machines.

I've tried pinging them from each other and it works too.

I'm not sure what else I should do. I've tried messing with permissions but it doesn't seem to make a difference. I also am not sure how I set the permissions for the printer.

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Network Sharing with 1803.

Hi Doc. I'm Greg, an installation specialist and 8 year Windows MVP, here to help you.

What's working most for network detection issues caused by Version 1803 is here:
https://windowsunplugged.blog/2018/03/27/networ...

Go over these steps to make sure File Sharing is set up correctly:
https://pureinfotech.com/setup-network-file-sha...

There are Changes to file sharing over a network in Windows 10:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/409269...

To troubleshoot sharing problems:

https://www.lifewire.com/troubleshooting-window...

https://windowsunplugged.blog/2018/03/27/networ...

This is the latest fix that's working for Version 1803 breaking networks. Please try it and report back:

- shut all computer and network gear down then start again.

- Try browsing to some of the computers manually, press Windows key + R, type: \\computername, hit Enter

- Press Windows key + R

Type: services.msc

Hit Enter

1. Start the "Function Discovery Provider Host" and "Function Discovery Resource Publication" services, and then set them to Automatic (Delayed Start).

2. When you open Explorer Network, enable network discovery when you are prompted.

If not then start over and set it up again:
https://pureinfotech.com/setup-network-file-sha...

If it still fails go over these troubleshooting steps:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

https://windowsunplugged.blog/2018/03/27/networ...

https://www.lifewire.com/troubleshooting-window...

I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and let us know how it goes. I will keep working with you until it's resolved.

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Cannot access shared network drive

I could scream! so much time wasted on this stupid error, as if time is not precious enough!
It probably would work fine if I could see the other computer! But I cannot see the other computer!

 

Cannot access shared network drive


Personally, I wouldnt use Everyone. If anyone hacks into you, they have full access to everything and can demolish everything on your raid. I would rather set up accounts and access separately for each person. That way, I know who did all that damage. In the end with a little extra work, I feel more secure by using Authenticated Users.


If this helps.
step 1 create non-microsoft account and without email and address without admin rights
step 2 share a drive or folder to specific user account (if Everyone is listed, remove it)
step 3 set security > add Authenticated Users (if more than 1 account) or add specific users
step 3a remove Everyone from list
step 3b uncheck full control and write for all items listed except SYSTEM and Admin account.
step 4 right click Start > Computer Management > System Tools > Shared Folders > Shares ... to verify settings and change anything else. You can also see the number of connections to each share here.