[dba-Tech] Network puzzles

[Rocky Smolin]

The why-pay-less option: WIndows 8 was a dog. If you upgrade to W10 maybe
it will work?

r

P.S. I think there's still a way to get the upgrade free.

On Fri, Oct 8, 2021 at 1:58 PM Tina N Fields <tinanfields at torchlake.com>
wrote:

> Yes, booting pretty much with every change.
>
> In Services, I've started every network service I find.
>
> Yes, the antivirus is off for now.
>
> Dang! I still cannot see the WIN 10 computer from the WIN 81 computer.
>
> And I cannot see the WIN 81 computer from the WIN 10 computer.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> T
>
> Tina Norris Fields
> 231-322-2787
> tinanfields-at-torchlake-dot-com
>
> On 10/8/2021 2:15 PM, John Colby wrote:
> > 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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