[dba-Tech] Network puzzles

[John Colby]

Definitely turn off home group stuff.  Don't forget to reboot occasionally
as just setting properties doesn't automatically enable it.

Open services and check out "Network" services.

Also turn off antivirus stuff until you get this sussed.

On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 2:19 PM Tina N Fields <tinanfields at torchlake.com>
wrote:

> Hello Tech Wizards,
>
> I hope somebody on thus list will have an answer. I want to be able to
> share files between two computers. One is Win 8.1 and the other is Win
> 10. They are both 64-bit. They are on the same network and they have no
> difficulty finding the printers or the Internet. But, I've been unable
> to establish a secure (as in solid or reliable) connection between them.
>
> I have turned on the network, printer, and file sharing in the Network
> and Sharing Center. I have made sure that the Function Discovery
> services are on, so they should be publishing themselves on the network.
> I had them connected at one point and even mapped out network drives for
> them, with "reconnect at startup" set to "yes." They have since
> disappeared. On each computer, in File Explorer the network shows only
> that particular computer.
>
> I found a lovely document online that said when both computers are on
> the same network the process is pretty straightforward and offers
> exactly no explanation of what that process might be. Dang!
>
> Does anybody here have advice for me? I am getting really tired of
> waiting for things to upload to my Google Drive and then download , or
> putting things on a flash drive to go from one to the other. I really
> would like to have them wirelessly connected via the network they both
> are on.
>
> Thank you for any guidance you can offer,
> T
>
> Tina Norris Fields
> 231-322-2787
> tinanfields-at-torchlake-dot-com
>
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John W. Colby
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