[dba-Tech] Network puzzles

[Tina N Fields]

Hmm, I've been having a fine experience with WIN 8.1, but I realize it 
is soon going to reach its planned end of life, given that  WIN 11 is 
already on the horizon. I wonder just how much of a hassle that will be.

T

Tina Norris Fields
231-322-2787
tinanfields-at-torchlake-dot-com

On 10/8/2021 5:45 PM, Rocky Smolin wrote:
> 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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