Win7 laptop can't see Win10 machine

Question

_{Saturday, February 17, 2018 1:45 PM}

Hi

I have installed Win 10 build 17604 and it can see and access files and folders on my Win7 Laptop, but the laptop can't see the Win 10 machine.

it can ping the machine with no losses, and both machines appear in the router table.

SMB1.0 is installed on the Win10 machine.

All replies (6)

_{Monday, February 19, 2018 4:05 PM ✅Answered}

Thanks, the FDRP and the UPnP Device Host were set to manual and weren't being started.

then it just took the permissions settings and away we go.

_{Saturday, February 17, 2018 1:55 PM}

Hi Nigels,

Network discovery requires that the DNS Client, Function Discovery Resource Publication, SSDP Discovery, and UPnP Device Host services are started, you may check this on both sides to make sure they are started.

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Simon

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_{Sunday, February 18, 2018 1:29 AM}

Hi nigels,

If you map a network drive for sharing files/folders, please try to use IP address instead of host name.
e.g. in your Win 7 machine: \192.168.0.124\SharedFolder
       \<IP address of host computer>\shared folder name> 

Regards,

Ashidacchi

_{Sunday, February 18, 2018 6:33 AM}

  Is this a new install or an upgrade? Did networking work before?

  If it worked before, I would rebuild the network config (netcfg -d from a command prompt). That usually gets a machine back on the air.

  Of course it could just be a bug in the first test build on the new OS.

  You do not need SMB 1.0 to see a Windows 7 machine. It is only required for XP or earlier Windows systems or third party devices which only have SMBv1. 

Bill

_{Monday, February 19, 2018 1:50 AM}

Hi

I have installed Win 10 build 17604 and it can see and access files and folders on my Win7 Laptop, but the laptop can't see the Win 10 machine.

it can ping the machine with no losses, and both machines appear in the router table.

SMB1.0 is installed on the Win10 machine.

Hi,

For both computers to see full-duplex within the same network:

1. The individual IP address of each computer must be in the same IP range.
2. The DNS address on both computers has to be the same.
3. The GATEWAY address must be the same on both computers.
4. The workgroup used for the two computers must have the same NAME.

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_{Thursday, December 26, 2019 4:23 AM}

I added a Windows 10 PC to my home network and had this problem. The 2 original Windows 7 PCs could still see each other and access files as usual and the Windows 10 PC could see and access both of the Windows 7 PCs. But the Windows 10 PC was invisible to the Windows 7 PCs. I had done all of the obvious things setting up the Windows 10 PC so I won't elaborate. THE SOLUTION - When I had just the 2 Windows 7 PCs, I had named my workgroup MSHOME and it worked fine. I naturally set up the Windows 10 PC with the same custom workgroup name.  Finally, out of desperation, I renamed my workgroup on all 3 PCs back to the default WORKGROUP and bingo - everything instantly worked perfectly! Even better than before with nearly instant discovery! As it turns out, Windows does not like customized workgroup names!