xp computer in same workgroup not appearing

Question

_{Monday, March 12, 2018 5:58 AM}

This was working before but stopped. My XP computer assigned to the same workgroup as my Win 10 machine does not appear on the network; however the Win 10 machine does appear on the XP machine and I can access the C drive. How do I get the Win 10 machine to recognize the XP machine??

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_{Monday, March 12, 2018 6:09 AM}

Windows XP did only support SMB V1, which is for security reasons disabled in new Windows 10 versions.
You will need to enable the feature "SMB 1.0/CIFS Client"

I hope your XP machines are not connected to the internet.

_{Tuesday, March 13, 2018 6:29 AM}

SMBv1 is not installed by default in Windows 10 1709, but XP system still use this protocol, you need to enable SMBv1 from Windows Features.

But I need to remind a point, SMBv1 isn’t safe, isn’t modern or efficient. The original SMB1 protocol is nearly 30 years old, and like much of the software made in the 80’s, it was designed for a world that no longer exists.

Regards

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_{Tuesday, March 13, 2018 7:15 AM}

Thanks for the advice. I actually bought a service contract from HP for the computers involved, and they remotely fixed the problem. I think that is what they did.

Peter

_{Tuesday, March 13, 2018 9:02 AM}

Good news, Peter, glad to hear that you have fixed issue by yourself, thank your for sharing the experience with us.

Kindly mark your reply to close this case.

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_{Monday, March 19, 2018 1:20 AM}

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_{Saturday, May 19, 2018 2:56 PM}

Cannot tell you how grateful I am that you posted this solution. Have have spent way too many hours trying to solve this problem myself and search the web.  Once I made the above change and rebooted my XP desktop popped right up. I only have one question why did you day "I hope your XP machines are not connected to the internet."

Thank you very much!