

- #Help solve network file sharing issues install#
- #Help solve network file sharing issues drivers#
- #Help solve network file sharing issues update#
- #Help solve network file sharing issues upgrade#
The service is broken in Windows 10 Creators 1703. So what we need now is either a great little tool to browse our networks that doesn't rely on SMB 1.0 or an upgraded Computer Browser service. Of course all Microsoft staff fit into these groups so the lack of browsing functionality in Workgroups is probably insignificant to them. Users who's data is in the cloud, on the internet have less issue, it may only affect attaching printer resources

This does not affect AD users, those businesses which need to or have the luxury of being able to invest in server hardware and software. Locating and enabling printers becomes far more difficult without Computer Browsing. The command "net view" allows us to quickly report which computers are available in the Workgroup and thereby use the information to run system reports and perform various tasks. Network browsing is an essential tool for doing a visualĬheck of which computing resources are available in a Workgroup. Not even spell checked and suggesting we only do it to access data we could map drives to, indicating a total lack of understanding as to why we need network browsing. From the linked article:įor home and small business users who use Network Neighborhood to locate Windows computers, you shoud map drives to the computers so that you no longer have to browse for them.
#Help solve network file sharing issues upgrade#
The Computer Browser service relies on SMB v1.0, rather than upgrade the Computer Browser service so Workgroup users are still able to browse their networks they are They are getting rid of SMB v1.0, which is fair enough, it has real security issues.
#Help solve network file sharing issues update#
SMBv1 is not installed by default in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update 2017 and Windows Server, Semi-annual Channel Yes, that's right folks, after 25 years of being able to browse our networks Microsoft have decided Workgroup users don't need this functionality any more.

The Computer Browser service is broken in Windand is gone from future There is no real answer, there are ways to work around the issue at the moment, but they are only temporary. I see this is marked as Answered but shouldn't be. on a whim changed the computer names of all windows 10 computers and now everything works. Tried all of above but problems persisted. Im out of ideas and in need of some help. I have a Lima drive thats working as per normal () running their latest software. The connection is wired and working ok as im clearly on the internet. The above services have been set to automatic (other forums said to try it, it worked for some)
#Help solve network file sharing issues drivers#
Ive installed all the latest drivers for my hardware, windows update has gotten windows 10 patched up to date.
#Help solve network file sharing issues install#
After upgrading from windows 7 to windows 10, I then did a clean install of windows 10 via USB.
