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
    2025-01-28T00:03:50+00:00

    I went with shortcuts instead of mapping, but that worked!

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-02-02T02:51:25+00:00

    I had a similar problem. The Win 10 computer could see the Win 11 in network and connect to it. The Win 11 computer could connect to my Win 10 using the \computername but it only showed my router in the network. After hours of troubleshooting settings on both computers to no avail, I finally deleted my Win 10 computer's network card (updating the driver had no effect) in device manager. On restart Win 10 re-installed the network card and the Win 11 computer could now see the Win10 in the network, and everything now works as expected. I do not know if this fixed some errant setting in the network adapter or if there was driver corruption, but it is an easy thing to try if the solution is not obvious.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-02-03T00:38:49+00:00

    HOLY MOSES!!! YOU DID IT!!! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

    I can now see all my drives on on my old Win10 box from my new Win11 box. I have 6 drives in the Win10 box (don't ask why, long story). I am still getting "Windows cannot access \xxxxxx\x, You do not have permission blah blah blah" on c, d, and e drives, but at least I can now see them. Before it would not even let me in the computer. This is a GREAT start. Now to investigate why I can not access those 3 drives. I think all the permissions are the same but time to double check.

    Thanks again. (You certainly took me into some settings I have never seen before.) I will update with further developments.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-02-03T03:21:56+00:00

    Share permissions vs file permissions.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-02-25T03:40:22+00:00

    This may seem crazy but I just purchased a new Computer with Window 11. I can 2 other Windows 10 machines but not my old main computer. So I right clicked on the network icon by the clock on the taskbar. Open Network and Settings. Go to the bottom and reset the network. Reboot and turn on Network Discovery. That seemed to work for me.

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