Windows 10: Unable to share network computers

Hi i have enabled network sharing on both my computers and marked drives to share. i can see both computers and the drives but when i try and open a drive i get the message unable to access this computer Any advice will be great please

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Unable to browse network computers.

We suggest creating a new administrator user account by following the steps
here. Make sure to use the same network settings that you used for your other computers, then check if you can connect to the home network. Since you also mentioned that Windows 10 was freshly installed on this particular computer, have you already downloaded
the latest updates? The latest build for Version 1607 is 14393.1715, and 15063.608 for Version 1703. You can check the build version of your computer by following these steps:

• Click Start.
• Type winver and press Enter.

If you don't have the latest updates, you can follow these steps to install them:

• Click Start.
• Go to Settings.
• Click Update & security.
• Click Check for updates.

If that doesn't work, we'd like screenshots of the network and file sharing settings of the computer that doesn't work, and the settings of one of your other computers that can connect and share files properly on the home network.

 

Unable to find Windows 10 computer on the Network

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand that you are unable to locate the computer running on Windows 10 on the Network, we will look into this for you. However, please reply with the details to assist you with the appropriate troubleshooting steps:

• Are you able to see the Windows 10 computer under Network in File Explorer?
  
• Do you receive any error message when you try to access the computer through File Explorer?
  
• Have you changed the Startup type of the services to Automatic?
  

Meanwhile, I suggest you to refer the steps mentioned below and see if that helps:



Method 1: Enabling SMB



As you have mentioned that SMB 1 is disabled, we can enable SMB 1 and check if that resolves the issue. Please follow the steps mentioned below:

1. Press Windows and R key together on your Keyboard.
   
2. Type appwiz.cpl and hit enter.
   
3. Click on 'Turn Windows Features On or Off' (upper left side of pane).
   
4. Please scroll down and under SMB 1.0 CIFS File Sharing Support, select the boxes next to
   SMB 1.0/CIFS Client and SMB 1.0/ CIFS Server. If the boxes are already selected, please clear the box and select it again.
   
5. It will ask you to restart your Computer. Please
   Restart it.
   

Method 2: Modify Network Discovery Settings



If enabling SMB 1 didn’t fix the issue, then we can modify the Network Discovery settings and check if that helps. Please follow the steps mentioned below:

1. Go to control panel > Click on network and internet >
   Click on network and sharing.
2. Click on Change advance sharing settings on the left pane.
   
3. Select the options

• Turn on network discovery.
  
• Turn on file and printer sharing.
  
• Allow windows to manage home group connection(recommended).
  
• Turn on sharing so anyone with network access can read and write files in the public folders.
  
• Use 128-bit encryption to help protect files sharing connections (recommended).
  
• Turn off password protected sharing.
  

4. Click on Save changes.


Let us know how it goes.



Regards,

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

Unable to access computers connected in Peer-to-peer connection, asking for network credentials to enter on Windows 10

Hi Roger,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community, we appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

As you are unable to access the connected computer on Peer-to Peer connection, we will help you with this issue.

Step 1: Make sure that Password Protected Sharing is turned off
on your computer and check if it helps.

Steps to follow:

• 
  OpenControl Panel window
  
• 
  Select Network and Sharing Center
  
• 
  Select Advanced sharing settings
  
• 
  Under Password Protected Sharing, check mark
  Turn off Password Protected Sharing
  

Step 2: I suggest you to disable firewall and anti-virus installed on your computer and check if it helps.

Hope it helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of this issue, we will be happy to help you further.