Windows 10 - Can't Find Other Computers on Your Local Network?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 มิ.ย. 2018
- If you can't find other computers on your local network after the April 2018, you can fix it with just a few steps.
The Windows service that checks for other systems is not set to start automatically. With just a couple of changes to your Services, you can see your other computers on your local network. - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
I wish I could click LIKE 1,000 times! Thanks!!!
Thanks!!! Just look around at my other videos. You might find something else that you can like.
@@Oldguygeek you are the greatest!!!!!
Thanks Frank. Glad it worked for you. Enjoy!
FYI - you do not have to restart. You can start the 2nd service (Function Discovery Resource Publication) and once it runs, it will show up as a share.
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I am commenting again. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I'm happy that there is an old guy geek helping out with these issues. They certainly are not easy to find on any Windows help websites or blogs!!! Maybe Windows should be paying you a commission :-) I have literally been searching for days. Thank you again. My network is running properly and my computers are visible to eachother and sharing!! A happy network family:))))
Wow, 2 comments! You might be interested in my newest video about sharing computers on your network. Since I published this video 6 months ago, some things have changed, especially on my Insiders PCs. When they release the next update, you may have this problem again. If so, try resetting the same services. But there may be 1 more step to do. Here's the new 2019 version of this video with the extra step when you need it.
th-cam.com/video/vq9Wp2wzFfA/w-d-xo.html
Great tip. Worked a treat. Your video/article is the only one who mentioned this change.
Thanks. Yeah, not well known. I figured it out because I couldn't see my other systems. Glad to be of help.
From one old guy to another, thank you, thank you, thank you! I've spent countless hours at various times researching this problem, making sure all settings were as they should be, etc. What was really frustrating was the fact that everything was visible on my network in the past. After watching this video, I thought "Could it really be that simple?" While following your instructions, I found that the two services were set to "Automatic" on my laptop, and "Manual" on my desktop. Made the changes you suggested and now everything works!
You're welcome. Just FYI, if you have updated to the newer release of Windows you can probably set them both to Automatic.
OMG! this one was awesome. I have been watching TH-cam videos of similar tutorials for over a week but none of them was this much helpful. I was following almost the same steps in my computer but nobody said that it need to be applied on all computers.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! 1000000000000 likes from my side
You're welcome. I'll take every single one of those likes!!
We've been trying to get this to work for MONTHS. Nowhere else was helpful, and this did the trick! Thank you SOOOO much!
Glad to be of help! Enjoy!!!
Over the last 18months I couldn't tell you how many hours I've spent resetting, rebooting, replacing cables, hard drive swaps, hardware upgrades, sharing, unsharing, granting everybody everything and i still couldn't even see my own shared files let alone discover them on the network.. until now!! I still get permission errors when i actually try and access the shared files but hey, who cares.. a no is better than nothing! So stoked! Thank you!
Just try and reshare your files. Make sure that you have local network file sharing turned on and you are using the same credentials for both systems. But glad you got it configured correctly.
Thank you! I worked on this for a week with no luck. Other folks say "set to automatic" and they are wrong (for me anyway). Your "set to automatic delayed start" is the hot tip for sure.
You're welcome! Glad to be of help.
I couldn't understand why the usual steps weren't working...your changes to those two services were just what I needed. Thanks so much for taking time to teach!
Glad it helped! And thanks for the feedback.
Ha ha, yet another reason to not look forward to Windows updates!
I appreciated your teaching, and subscribed...will plan to visit next time I get stuck! (This old gal can use all the help she can get!)
Worked Perfectly! Cheers! This was bugging me for ages.
Thank you thank you thank you!!! I had given up on this forever ago. I decided to give it another go tonight. I saw this post on my first Google search and it fixed the issue!! You day man homie!
Glad you got it fixed. Enjoy!
@@Oldguygeekwell bad news... This worked before I did windows update. I installed the newest build last night via windows update and now it's not working again 😭😭 I verified that those services are still running and are set to automatic (with delay)
When you say the 'newest build', I'm not sure which you mean, but check your sharing settings first. They may have been reset. I lightly cover it at 20 seconds into the video. If that doesn't help, reboot each system. If, after a few minutes they still don't show up, just set them to start without a delay. And reboot again.
@@Oldguygeek my windows updated to build version 1809. I did check the network sharing settings and they are all good and they were set to start without a delay after the update. But I tried both ways and still no luck. Bummer. Thanks for your help though!
@@Oldguygeek my windows updated to build version 1809. I did check the network sharing settings and they are all good and they were set to start without a delay after the update. But I tried both ways and still no luck. Bummer. Thanks for your help though!
Thank you. I have been working on this for about 40 hours now. Once they took out the homegroup stuff it all got crazy. I appreciate your help here.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure they got rid of Homegroup to increase security and couldn't just open it up for everyone. Glad it worked for you.
Thanks very much. It worked like magic. In older windows versions, this was the default! Thanks a million.
Glad to be of help. Enjoy!
Thanks SO much for this. After hours of trying other "fixes", this finally let my desktop talk to my laptop! Life can now continue!
Glad to be of help. Enjoy!
After literally 6 hours of trying to connect a laptop to my network printer and after reviewing numerous websites and videos I finally found yours. I thought after connecting 2 other computers to the network printer this laptop was going to be simple, I was mistaken. Your video was straightforward and was the only thing that worked for me. I cannot say THANK YOU enough. =)
Glad to be of help. Enjoy!
I can't believe how easy this was. I spent soooo many hours trying to figure this out. Thank You a million times!
You're welcome. Enjoy!
This was the easiest freaken explanation I have found ANYWHERE. Please, never stop. You are an excellent human being :D
Thanks. I try to make my videos for those less technical. Enjoy.
This solved my problem...thanks for the concise and accurate description of how to fix this issue. Very well done!!!
Great. Glad it worked for you. Enjoy!!!
I was having this problem, and I tried EVERYTHING, but nothing worked. I did what you showed in this video on both computers that I was working with, and it solved the problem. Thank you so much!
Glad to be of help. Just FYI, over the last 2 years I've had to release new versions of this video because the networking specs have changed. If you encounter a problem later, just search for those videos.
This video was incredibly helpful! Thank you for taking the time to share it with us!
Glad it worked for you. Enjoy!
Thank you so much for this. My frustration levels were peaking so much.
You are entirely welcome. Enjoy!!!
This solved the problem I was having with connecting to my desktop computer running Win 10 Home to my new laptop running Win 10 Pro. After following the above instructions, the desktop computer finally showed up under Network on the laptop's File Explorer.
I did have another issue where I was asked to enter my "credentials" when selecting the computer icon. I wasn't sure what credentials it meant so I tried everything I could think of. After many, many suggested solutions from forums, it turned out that I needed to have a password for my account profile, which I hadn't had. I added one and used it and my login name and it worked great.
Many thanks for posting the helpful solution.
Yep. In the first part of this I only slightly mention how to set the sharing settings. Without HomeGroup you have to use the same credentials for the login on the computer where the share is located.
Glad you got it worked out.
It worked. Thank you so much. I tried everything. Things worked fine until I went on vacation with two of my computers. When I got home neither of those computers would show up on the network. They did before. I tried virtually everything with sharing and all those settings. I could see the computer I didn't take on vacation but not these two. Your instructions did the trick. Thanks again. You're the boss.
Glad to be of help. Enjoy!
Thank you! I'm going to check out more of your videos. Straight to the point and informative is exactly the style I like.
You're welcome. That's what I am for. I'm sure you'll find 1 or 2 you can use. Have fun!
This worked. I tried this before but only on the OTHER machine, not the one I could not see. You were clear on this and it solved the issue. Thank You for lifting a burden from my shoulders.
Glad it helped!
Thanks, Old Guy! I've been wondering what went wrong for months. Now everything's cool, and I owe it all to you. 👍😎
Great news. Enjoy!
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!! I looked everywhere, tried everything and then I found this video, you are my hero!!!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! If I could I would like this video a million times!!!!! THANK YOU!!!
Glad you got it working. Enjoy!
Thank you for posting this...I've been dealing with intermittent file sharing problems for a couple of weeks and now all is working like it should.
Excellent! Glad to be of help.
Thank you so much. I have been trying for days to fix this problem. I came across your video only because I have been persisting on finding a solution. I thank you again soooooo much! I will definitely like and subscribe.
Thanks for the feedback. Enjoy!
Thanks - I'd been trying to figure this out all afternoon. This worked for me.
You are a lifesaver! I've been struggling on how to fix this for about a week now! THANK YOU!! 👍🙌
Microsoft is releasing an October update. Hopefully this is fixed. If not, you may have to redo it.
Thanks so much! I've been suffering from this issue on and off for years. Works like a champ now.
Great news. Enjoy!
Thank you. I was unaffected by the April update, but the most recent one took out my networking, and this fix worked for me.
Great. Glad it worked for you.
Thanks bud. Concise and fixed what a bunch of ridiculous articles couldn't.
You're welcome. Glad to be of help.
Big thank you Old Guy Geek, this has been annoying our household for at least 6 months now. So simple to fix too. Thanks once again :)
You're welcome. Glad to be of help.
That was nice and easy. No fiddling with the registry or anything like that. I have always found MS networking somewhat problematic so when I come across a nice easy fix it is really much appreciated. Not sure why MS would turn this off in the first place. Thanks again!
Excellent! Glad to be of help.
Terrific advice. I had been pulling my hair out over what I suspect was a Windows 10 update issue. Your advice was the solution after many failed attempts by two of us. Thank you so much
Glad you got it fixed. Enjoy!
Thank you so much. This has been bugging me for ages. Such a simple fix. Thank you 100 times.
Glad it worked for you. Enjoy!
You are a genius. Thank you so much.
I thought it didn't work at first and then a couple minutes later
boom everything was found. :)
Yes, it takes a bit but great news. Enjoy!
Amazing!! had this problem for years and tried so many solutions so far... you're the best!
Glad to help. Enjoy!
Brilliant, I had spent hours going round & round in circles and getting nowhere. Did what Old Guy said and magic it's fixed. Thank you.
You're welcome Mike. Enjoy.
Brilliant video. Can now see all PC's on my home network thanks to you!
Great news! Enjoy!
I was about to lose my mind over this issue. Tried this a couple of weeks ago and it didn't work. Tried again this morning, following instructions to a T, and it worked! Network sharing is back! Many thanks from one old guy to another!
You're welcome. Glad to be of help.
Works perfectly, thanks a lot man.
You're welcome. Enjoy!
YOU SAVED MY LIFE!!! thank you so much!!! been having trouble with this for weeks!!
Great. Glad to be of assistance.
ONE BIG THANK YOU! This finally worked for me, and i have to say i have done Windows home sharing for many years, but home sharing on windows OS is always like a lottery, once it's working once not.
Glad to be of help. Enjoy.
You seem to be the only one on the internet that knows how to do this. THANK YOU
Well there may be others, but glad you found this. You're welcome. Enjoy.
Thanks for being brief and thorough... I feel as if Microsoft should owe you a couple free copies for sharing the info. I can only hope they at least send you a letter of appreciation for the free tech support you provided us all!
Thanks. I just enjoy sharing what I know. Everyone has their own specialities, mine just happens to be in this one. I'm assuming this fixed your problem. Enjoy!
Thank you very much. This worked for me. I consider myself a relatively advanced user, but this was driving me insane. I got it working without this step in order to backup files onto a shared network computer for a reformat. After I reformated and reconfigured the network/sharing settings to the same way I did the first time, it didn't work. I spent quite some time trying to get it to work with no luck until I found your video. I have no idea why Windows decided to make simple network/file sharing among a local network so difficult and obtuse to figure out. Definitely not user friendly at all.
Glad to hear you got it working. I'm pretty sure Microsoft had no choice but to tighten security and only allow username/password credentials. In 1809, it should be on by default. In fact, you can try it without the delayed start.
Thank you! Have a great day! It just happened after the recent 2019 update yesterday (for me anyway) . Have a great day!
Glad to be of help. Enjoy!
Thankyou very much... been working for days trying to figure out the problem... it’s working now!!!
Glad to be of help. Enjoy!
Great video. Had spent hours on many occasions trying to fix this. This video solved it.
Great news. Enjoy!
I'm running WIN10 build 1903 on both of my computers and your technique worked flawlessly. Thank you so much! This was such a pain in the *SS to try to figure out. One minute both computers showed up, then a second later only 1 would. Drove me crazy! Thanks again!!
You're entirely welcome. Glad to be of help!
Hi again. So, I have to ask you, seeing your post was the first to fix my networking issue.... unfortunately that fix has stopped working. I cannot see any network computer again. :( The odd thing I found is that if I reboot my desktop (the computer I wish to access via networking) as long as I don't sign-in, I can access it and its shared folders. Thoughts?
Try this newer, updated video:
th-cam.com/video/vq9Wp2wzFfA/w-d-xo.html
Worked great. My desktop saw the laptop but not the other way around. Made those changes and rebooted but still had issue. Then enabled streaming on both and rebooted, then it all worked. Microsoft was no help. Your instruction was perfect. Thanks!
how to enable streaming?
when you go into Network and Sharing Center, go into sharing options. Under "all networks" you'll see a section called "media streaming". Go in and enable streaming.
You sir. You are an angel! I had so much trouble looking for the services in my installed language though, but i ended up finding them. Thanks.
You're welcome. Enjoy!
Sheesh, with the ever changing structure of Windows 10 I can't keep track of all this stuff. After tearing my hair out for an hour, your 3 minute video saves me. I should have gone to you sooner. Thank you!
You're welcome. Glad you eventually found me. Enjoy!
between all the videos i watched, your is the only one THAT ACTUALLY WORKS!!
thanks man you saved me!
Glad I could help. Enjoy!
@Old Guy Geek this problem was driving me crazy for ages then i found your video, thank you
You're welcome. Glad to be of help.
Excellent tutorial, clear, straight to the point, effective. Many thanks.
Glad to be of help. Enjoy!
Thank you so much! Thanks to this video I was able to access my local Wordpress website from another computer on my local network. Best Regards.
Great. Glad to be of help.
Thanks I spent the whole day trying to find the problem you saved my day
Great, glad you found my videos. Enjoy!
I used this 3 weeks ago and it worked great. But this morning ONE of my network computers would NOT display the other shared computers on my network. I repeated this and everything was back. I THINK a "free" app I downloaded to test SSD speed, may have been the culprit. But whatever the cause, I just love your solution. Thank you.
YOU ARE THE MOST CLEAR VIDEO FOR THIS ISSUE OUT THERE !!!! THANKS !
You're welcome. Glad to be of help!
Thanks a thousand times for one year!!!
Do you mean a thousand per day? If so, that's 365,000 thanks. Don't tire yourself out. And you're welcome. Glad to be of help.
Thanks man...I can't tell reboot right now...but whether it works or not I have learnt something from you...appreciate!
NP. Enjoy!
BAM! This worked, as you say, you must do this in ALL other network PC's for this to work. And it did work. THANKS!!
You're welcome. Glad to be of help.
Great help.. It solved my problem of sharing my printer and Files among 3 LAN Computers. Tech guys have actually no idea.. They changes Adapter properties then IP nos etc etc...This simple tweak saved me all trouble.. Thanks Sir Once Again
You are entirely welcome.
Saved me A LOT of time and headache. Thank you so much.
You're entirely welcome. Enjoy!!!
Thank you VERY MUCH man, precise, concise and straight to the point...Microsoft should make you part of It's staff, They'll improve 1.10^6 times their troubleshooting explanation center with people like you...
Thanks, I'll give them a call :)
This worked. Straight to the point too. Thanks a million
Great news. You're welcome.
Thanks a 1000 times over !!!
You have saved me a lot of time ........ and as i can read from the comments........ improved productivity for many.
Microsoft should recommend this video in their troubleshooter.
You're welcome 1000's times back. Glad to be of help.
Thanks , it was driving me mad knowing that I used to be able to do this and now I couldn't. Thought my 'senior moments' were getting too close together :)
I completely understand. Enjoy!
Thanks!! it was driving me nuts! Microsoft has it's own dam mind! i was used to the old way and thankfully you had this video up! or i would still be digging for an answer!
Very useful. Now my question, should you leave your laptop in the Automatic (delayed start) mode if you connect to another network? Or, to put it another way, if your laptop is in this mode, will your files on your laptop be visible to other computers when you connect to another network?
Nope. The shares you setup should not be set to Everyone. You should just allow your account. When you access those shares, it will ask for the account name and password. Once you enter the correct values, you can access the files without entering the credentials again.
@@Oldguygeek thank you for your quick reply! I need to check the shares I set up before. I hope I can remember how to do it.
Thank you! I've built numerous PCs and I'm a "super user" yet this one had me STUMPED! You're the ONLY one with the correct (and easiest) solution! SUBSCRIBE! :)
Thank you, Old Guy Geek, you have almost solved everything! With your help, I have been able to allow the new laptop on our home network to find all four of the other Windows 10 machines (and itself).
One last problem: how do I get this new PC to find the old Windows XP machine that we keep on a shelf attached (by USB) to the network’s only printer/scanner? All the rest have had no problem for years but this new one shows no sign of finding the XP PC. Do you have any ideas? The XP machine is cabled into the router, not wireless.
Make sure it's Workgroup is the same as the rest. Back in the day, workgroups were imperative for connecting. Right-click on the PC icon and then Properties. You should see the Workgroup name there. To change it click on the Advanced link and then the Computer Name tab. The second button.
many thanks, now my network works correctly, it took a few moments for all computers to "see" the problem puppy, but now all is well, thanks again.
Great. Good to hear. Enjoy!
Worked like a charm. And your video is excellent.
Thanks. Enjoy!
Happily I can new see the other 'pewter on our home network, and access the shared files theron. Such a simple fix.
I've been trying to share two printers for months. I have now shared our ancient HP duplex laser printer YAY :-)
Thank you SO much.
Great news. Glad it worked for you!
Worked like a charm. Many thanks!
Great news. Enjoy!
You had the tip of the day and save much frustration. Thanks!!!!
You're welcome. Glad to be of help.
After reboot all computers, it's worked.
Thank you so much.
Excellent. Glad it helped. Enjoy!
You are the man with the plan. Thank you for this
Glad to be of help. Enjoy!
You know, your the reason people say elders are wise :D
Why thank you. I just try to share my knowledge to help others. I had this problem and found out how to fix it. Thought it might be worth sharing. Glad it helped you.
Your the best I have been looking for weeks for a fix. Thanks
You're welcome. Glad to be of assistance!
You're welcome. Glad you found it and fixed it.
BRAVO to the Old Guy Geek from an Old Lady Geek - this is the best answer to this problem I have found! I have been perplexed by this for hours today - even contacting a networking specialist who couldn't figure it out. I knew the computers USED to be able to see each other. BRAVO BRAVO!
Glad to be of help!
Thank you very much...solved a long standing problem!
You're welcome. Enjoy!!!
It fixed my problem in 1 minute !
Thanks a lot for sharing this solution !
PS:
Yesterday the problem occurred the first time but without any system changes in both computers as far as I know,
last updates were several weeks ago or so, only virus-definitions are updated daily,
so I am still wondering what caused this change of settings.
Well, normally it's only because an update occurred. But sometimes it's best just to say great and enjoy that it's working.
Thanks a heap. I couldn't work out what was going on and this made it really easy to fix.
Great. Glad to be of help.
Thank you. A friend did a Windows 10 reset on his desktop and didn't keep any files to get rid of a bunch of junk that didn't uninstall so well. Everything went fine except we couldn't connect to the NAS we use as backup drive. The NAS setup and firmware updater could see it fine and another computer on the network could see the NAS, but the computer that was reset couldn't see the NAS or the other computer. Tried so many things, I was wondering if it'd be easier to just take the hard drive out of the NAS and put it in an ESATA enclosure. Changed the services on the Windows 10 computers and now we can see the other computers and the NAS.
Great. Glad you got it fixed.
Finally an answer to this problem. Thank you very much.!!
Glad to be of help. Enjoy!
You sir are a bad-ass. the whole internet is outdated on this topic but you saved the day. thanks a heap!
Glad to be of help. Enjoy!
I don't make comments often but in this case I will.. there are SOOO many people looking for this answer and SOOO many wrong answers.. From one old guy to another - THANKS - your a champ!
You're welcome. Proud to be the recipient of a rare comment.
Works like a charm. I thought my pc profile was corrupt before. Thanks a lot!
Great! Glad to be of help.
From one Old Guy to another Thanks a bunch. This helps. Networking in Windows 10 sucks!
Well, it's because they had to turn off HomeGroups and they chose the safest way to implement it. If they turned on sharing for other systems without our approving it, it could have been real bad. Glad you got it working. Enjoy!
Thank You Very Much! This problem i have had even before the update, i would have 1 computer not seeing the other, but the other computer could see it. You would think after all these years and different versions of the OS and the Money Microsoft spends, that this would just work. This problem was on Non Homegroup also, i allways never used homegroup.
Yes, it did affect those using account sharing as well. I just mentioned HomeGroup because it was a big change and everyone using it should have been affected.
Glad it worked for you.
This is fantastic - it works and all other youtube videos are useless on this matter.
Glad to be of help. Enjoy!
Hi one of our computers will not allow the change to the startup type - its greyed out - I'm assuming this is some type of permission issue hoping you can help us figure it out. Thanks
When you say 'one of our computers' do you mean your are on a company system or one of your personal computers? If it is a company computer, it could be that the system admin has restricted rights for that. If it's a personal computer, are you logged in as an administrative account?
Thank you, this is the only thing that helped me. Been pulling my hair out all day!
Then you would look like me! Enjoy!
Excellent video! Thank you very much.
You're welcome. Glad to be of help.