Help Troubleshooting

[TourGuide]

I'm having quite a go round with Win 10 Pro networking. I cannot seem to get sharing up and working properly. I have three networked computers at home - all connected via gigabit Ethernet. I've turned on file and printer sharing - established a homegroup and joined them all together, but I've got one pc that cannot copy files to homegroup shares no matter what settings I enable.

Any suggestions for troubleshooting would be appreciated.

 

[JackMDS]

Try the regular old (but much more dependable) IPv4 sharing with Permissions and Security.

Here is a summary of the two methods.

http://www.geeksquad.co.uk/articles/how-to-set-up-file-sharing-on-windows-10

 

[TourGuide]

Thanks for the reply Jack.

Yes - I tried that - didn't work. Windows isn't responding as expected. I had a homegroup established but it would not allow file transfer. I - WAS - able to view and transfer files from the pc I created the homegroup with (not remote pcs - only the creator of the homegroup) - but after updating both pcs to the latest update builds - neither work. I tried removing the homegroup from one of the connected machines - and now I cannot rejoin the homegroup. Apparently the normal behavior Windows is supposed to exhibit is that homegroup is supposed to disappear when all of the pcs that were enrolled it it unenroll - well that isn't happening. So Windows is insisting that homegroup is still available and I just need to join back up. Well I can't - because I can't get the password to appear on the pc I created the homegroup on.

I also tried the IPv4 method (oldie but goodie) outlined in the link you sent, but none of the PCs will FREAKING APPEAR under the network - so no shared folders come up. This IN SPITE of having ALL of the file and printer sharing options WIDE OPEN!

SNAP!!!

I am pretty frustrated with this whole thing.

Try the regular old (but much more dependable) IPv4 sharing with Permissions and Security.

Here is a summary of the two methods.

http://www.geeksquad.co.uk/articles/how-to-set-up-file-sharing-on-windows-10

 

[TourGuide]

So - I've pieced this much together - Windows 10 x64 Pro build 1151 - has had the effect of totally FORKING windows file sharing up on 2 of 3 networked pcs here. There are similar reports all over of frustrations with this very situation. File and printer sharing worked just fine - before build 1151. In fact - to test it - I had one machine that had not updated yet - so I logged in to that machine and sure enough - all shares and access was working as normal - file reads - writes EVERYTHING. I could view/read/wrtite all of the share folders on all three PCs through the network. AFTER the update - that machine is now the only pc that appears under networking on the other two machines - and now the updated PC has ZERO access to the other two networked PCs.

Wow - talk about an update completely breaking a working feature - THANKS MS!