Missing Network Settings - "Find Devices and Content"

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Windows 8.1 -Under all my various network adapters there is no "Find Devices and Content" box.

I've tried various fixes. Changing homegroup etc. Nothing work.

Please provide some guidance

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I am not sure if everyone is checking at the right place if they are connected to domain network and they have 8.1 because only 8.1 has this option. Windows 8 has a different way to share devices and content.

For chromecast troubleshooting:

https://support.google.com/chromecast/troubleshooter/2995236?hl=en&ref\_topic=3447927#ts=3081637,3249450

Where to find the option to share:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/turn-sharing-on-or-off

I have been using Windows since forever and have used Apple too, so switching to Mac / Apple is not going to help. Its just another OS with the same fundamentals. Go figure it out in a Apple store if you want a demo.

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2014-01-14T03:03:15+00:00
Oh, its the chromecast thing. Apparently, I have a win 8 and 8.1 laptop and I can connect to chormecast via win 8, but not via 8.1. Can you check a couple of things if you haven't already ?
1. Network and sharing center->Enable network discovery for your network
2. Add Chromecast/Chrome to firewall (inbound and outbound)
3. Disable antivirus (this solved the issue for me on my win 8 laptop)
4. Reboot the router. This was also another issue I faced while I was trying to set up chromecast.
If nothing works, try contacting Google via 24 hour helpline. Keep me posted, may be we can solve this issue by method of elimination.
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Anonymous

2014-01-14T09:24:42+00:00

NO, it's not "the chromecast thing", it's the Missing the network settings thing.

NO DOMAIN NETWORK, no domain controllers, no windows servers, just personal computers AT HOME.

I don't have a chromecast, I want to access my personal Surface PRO with Windows 8.1 files from my personal notebook with Windows 7, but I can't because the screen that allows me to change the sharing on my HOME network on the Surface PRO is missing, it's just not there.

And note that all worked fine before, with Windows 8, all the mess started after the upgrade to 8.1.
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Anonymous

2014-01-15T07:55:13+00:00

EMontanhole, the quickest resolution I can think of is to revert back to the last good configuration. I believe windows creates a restore point in case of upgrades.

BTW, can you ping your win Surface from personal notebook (win7) ?
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2014-01-15T10:30:51+00:00

EMontanhole, the quickest resolution I can think of is to revert back to the last good configuration. I believe windows creates a restore point in case of upgrades.

BTW, can you ping your win Surface from personal notebook (win7) ?

You mean downgrade back from Windows 8.1 to Windows 8 ? Is that the official Microsoft solution then ? discard Windows 8.1 and use only Windows 8 ?

Yes, I can ping everywhere, I can ping my adsl router from the win 7 and the win 8.1 Surface, I can ping back and forth all the machines in the network, I just can't access my files in my win 8.1 machine.

I tried using DHCP, I tried using fixed IP addresses, I tried with only IPv4, nothing worked.

But that's besides the point, the problem here are the missing parameters in Network Settings.
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