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I have windows 10 - updated with the latest software.
Network adapter drivers are the latest.
I am connected via eithernet or Wifi and have the SAME issue.
I enabled the settings to allow network discovery and to be seen on the network for private networks.
Both Wifi and Ethernet are private newtorks and say that in the status.
I have 3 computers connected. All are windows 10.
On each PC I see the same 2.
On the PC that I cannot see on the network I can only see the other 2 and I cannot see myself.
Why am I not able to see myself on the network? If I solve that I will surely be able to be seen by the other 2 PC in the netwotk.
Thanks
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I don't understand... sometimes after reboot the computer appears on the network (Explorer), sometimes not!
RESTARTING the "Function Discovery Provider Host" service, resolves the issue!
I tried changing the Service to DELAYED, but no change! Seems the service starts "ahead" of time? I only have this problem in the machine with the most recent WINDOWS UPDATES! The "old" 1909 windows machine is ok!
None of the Microsoft recommended fixes on the internet fix the issue I have had for months.
One of my network computers with Win 10 Pro only shows itself on the Network after resetting the Network but after the next reboot it disappears again. It always shows up under Quick Access if I click on the shortcut I saved.
My other two computers on my Home Network never have this problem. One is a Windows 7 Pro and the other is Win 10 Home.
This is very frustrating that Microsoft never fixes this problem after months and months.
I only noticed this problem when we recently bought a smart TV and found that it could see my PC as a media player but could not access any of the files on it, but it could access my wife's computer and see and play her media.
On investigation I found that my wife's PC was behaving like the TV - it could see my PC as a media player by not as a computer or any of my files. This could have been the case for months past because my PC can see hers but she very rarely tries to access mine.
I tried all the recommended fixes in this thread but only two worked - Network Reset and \ipaddress - and only to make my PC visible/accessible to my wife's PC, not the TV.
I only noticed this problem when we recently bought a smart TV and found that it could see my PC as a media player but could not access any of the files on it, but it could access my wife's computer and see and play her media.
On investigation I found that my wife's PC was behaving like the TV - it could see my PC as a media player by not as a computer or any of my files. This could have been the case for months past because my PC can see hers but she very rarely tries to access mine.
I tried all the recommended fixes in this thread but only two worked - Network Reset and \ipaddress - and only to make my PC visible/accessible to my wife's PC, not the TV.
Network reset works... but only on the first reboot, because the services are RESTARTED...
I did it twice and thought the problem was resolved... NOT! After the next reboot, same problem!
I have to RESTART the "Function Discovery Provider Host" service after each reboot.
I can live with that for now, as long as everything is ok after RESUME from sleep (which it is)
