Windows 10: Windows Cannot Access\\ PC(computer name) Errors

My two network machines that are at issue are Windows 10 Pro, vers. 1803 and Windows 10 Edu, vers.1803. They are ethernet connected(Gigabit-ethernet) and in the same WORKGROUP.
After successfully coping several large .iso files from IMAGEONE(source) PC to SIMTRON(destination) PC, I start seeing errors when trying to access each computer: Windows Cannot Access\\IMAGEONE and Windows Cannot Access\\SIMTRON. This also occurs when I am pushing files from the IMAGEONE PC to the SIMTRON PC. To get the connection back, it requires many unpredictable restarts of both PCs. It seems totally random. Also, there are two other Windows PCs on the network that can access both these PCs
most of the time that do not have their settings changed. This applies to the Windows 7 Pro PC as well. Very strange.
Actions Taken:
I first restarted each machine, one at a time to see if that corrected the problem. No Luck.
checked connections by pinging both ways using IP Address and computer names. All 4 pings were successful, no lost packets.
Checked Advanced Sharing on both machines for Private, Guest or Public and Networks. Discovery and Files & printers are all shared, with no passwords required.
I checked the sharing and permissions on the drives on both computers which were all shared with Full permissions which were the same before this problem occurred.
As directed in other posts, I checked the SMBv1 Support, it was enabled for Clients and Servers(both boxes checked).
Since I am up-to-date with Windows 1803 update, I was advised to re-enable the Insecure Guest Logon in Local Group Policy Editor(gpedit.msc) by dbl-clicking and checking the Enable button.
Checked the NetBIOS over TCP/IP protocol. It showed enabled using ipconfig/all.
As suggested on other posts, I changed the following services from manual to automatic and made sure they were started.
Computer Browser (this worked from the SIMTRON PC, once only)
Function Discovery Resource Publication
SSDP Discovery
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
UPnP Device Host
I also restarted each machine following each change before continuing to check whether the problem was solved. No luck each time.
I do not see Windows Homegroup on any of my Windows 10 PCs( I still see it on my one Win7 PC), so I assume that is not an issue at this point. Although getting the connection back is very intermittent, the problem always occurs following a copy/paste operation. Any help is most welcome. Thanks.

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change windows 10 pc name

We appreciate you getting back to us. To change the cmd name, we suggest that you follow this steps:

• Open a Command Prompt (Adimin) window: Win+X, A, Alt+Y
• Then run the following command to change your computer name to Donner: WMIC ComputerSystem where Name=COMPUTER-NAME call Rename Name=NewName
• Reboot your PC.
• Try to run ipconfig / all command, you should find that the Host Name in Windows IP Configuration list has been changed to the new name.

Keep us posted with the result.

 

One computer cannot access other network computers.


So I've tried every troubleshooting step I know:

• Double checked that Net Bios was enabled
• Ran a bunch of network commands:
  • flushed DNS
  • registered dns
  • pinged and located the named computers successfully
• Reset my router to factory settings

Nothing works when I try to access via explorer. I'm still baffled by the fact that every other computer can access each other AND access this computer. It's just the outgoing connection from this machine that doesn't work.

Any thoughts?

 

Access localhost from another computer

Localhost, as the name suggests, points at the localhost. Use the hostname or IP from your computer on their PC's. ie something in the 192.168.x.x or 10.0.0.x range most likely.