I have a new windows 11 computer but i can't see the windows 10 computer on the network. The windows 10 computer on the network can see my windows 11 computer.

Anonymous
2024-02-23T17:36:06+00:00

I just bought a new PC and am trying to connect to another computer by sharing on private network. My old computer was connected to the network and I have turned on network sharing etc and turned off password protection on new windows 11 computer.

I have changed manual to automatic on the 4 items recommended under services.msn

The windows 10 computer sees my windows 11 computer under network

How do i see the windows 10 computer in network on my windows 11 computer so I can connect by ethernet to Quickbooks as my old computer did.

Do I need to up date all computers to windows 11, same versions?

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-12-30T15:15:36+00:00

    Thank you. This is very helpful...assuming that one has the Pro Edition of Windows 11.

    For those of us (@Chris Sercombe) who are running the Home Edition, the same thing can be done directly through the Registry Editor: https://www.stefanobordoni.cloud/howto-enable-insecure-guest-logon-on-w11/ 

    For my own part, I already solved this by adding a password to my Hello login on the offending machine that could not be reached. This is a one-time step that is described earlier in this thread.

    It sounds like the combination of what's in Dennis's video and the introduction of "Hello" login that causes all of this connection problem. On the surface, it sounds like Microsoft just needs to address networking on Hello account machines. There should be exposed Settings for this that don't require this level of shenanigans.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-09-21T00:08:10+00:00

    I continue to have this same issue, and have for quite sometime. I'm retired IT, so I know my way around PCs, but this one I do not have a clue except it's likely a combination of elements causing this problem: OEM (Dell) OS but not as likely but tiny possibility, NIC (Killer NIC firmware) and/or NIC network driver very very likely, perhaps running multiple OSes like XP, Vista, Windows 7,10, 11 and conflicting network driver software possible but not seriously likely, other hardware (all OEM) in my system (Dell) causing a conflict, the days of IRQs, DMA and other shared resources conflicting isn't likely but maybe a slight slight slight possibility. I've tried multiple adjustments (logging everything I've changed), turned off all PCs except Windows 10 and 11 boxes, reset router, switches, modem and isolated segments of my home network (all is Private and discoverable) and still does not work consistently. I say consistently because on a couple of rare occasions I all of a sudden see my Windows 10 PCs from Dell Windows 11 PC (Killer NIC). It seems every time it does just start working Dell does a firmware update and I assume it's fixed, but then lo and behold it gets broken again. I basically have given up because I've spent uncountable hours trying to isolate and determine the issue. I strongly suspect my Dell i9 with a Killer NIC the issue. Why? Because I have a HP Laptop upstairs running Windows 11 and it can see my Windows 10 PCs on the network along with all my other Windows versions with no inconsistency. This is why I gave up because the only real suspect in my case is the Dell i9 Killer NIC on my network. I've reported this but no solution that fixed it consistently. One of these days I may buy a Wifi NIC and try it in my Dell but first disabling the Killer NIC stuff.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-09-21T00:01:47+00:00

    Did you ever fix this, i have exact same problem.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-06-30T14:58:16+00:00

    Hello Grier.

    From the error message you supplied in another post it's possible you are trying to map the administrative share of the C drive. To do that you need to do two things.

    1. Make sure that you are enabling file and print sharing: there are several ways to do that, I leave it up to you.
    2. Without having to manually enable a C drive share you can go to \machinename\c$.

    If you're still having a problem please DM me.

    Thanks,

    Robert

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-06-29T22:49:37+00:00

    With AI you would think you could find answers. Try rebooting your router. Worked wonders for my system.

    Some other things I did: I upgraded an old pc and used the same name, probably not a good idea so I changed the name. Also I used my email for my microsoft account with my microsoft password and it took care of all my permission problems etc.

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