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Need LAN access between Windows 10.0.17763 and 10.0.17134
Primary desktop has Windows version 10.0.17763 Build 17763. Laptop on my LAN is version 10.0.17134. On each system, I have gone into "Advanced Sharing" and given complete access to both my C: and D: drives to "Everyone". However, on the laptop, within File Explorer, when I click on Network, I can see both PETER-DESKTOP and PETER-LENOVO. On the desktop, I see only PETER-DESKTOP. My suspicion is that this has to do with the different versions. I found, on the Laptop that I needed to log into PETER-DESKTOP using my Microsoft credentials rather than my local ones.
Should I move to a "local" access and away from OneDrive, etc.?
I want to be safe and protected against outside penetration, but I need to have complete and easy access among the three systems on my LAN (the third is also at version 10.0.17134.
Should I move to a "local" access and away from OneDrive, etc.?
I want to be safe and protected against outside penetration, but I need to have complete and easy access among the three systems on my LAN (the third is also at version 10.0.17134.
If they are both in the same workgroup, in the "Advanced sharing settings" under "Private" make sure "Turn on file and printer sharing" is on as well as "Turn on network discovery" which I'm assuming is on since you can see the names.
If it's not in the same workgroup, you'll want to turn on File and Print Sharing under the "Guest or Public" profile and control who can access what with permissions.
If it's not in the same workgroup, you'll want to turn on File and Print Sharing under the "Guest or Public" profile and control who can access what with permissions.
If your systems have different logins (common), then try the following
On Desktop. set up a user name and password that is the user name and password of the laptop.
Then you may need to provide a name for the drive on Desktop (say DrvC) and share it to the above user.
Also look at my article on Folder Sharing for help
https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/16639/Folder-sharing-on-modern-machines.html
On Desktop. set up a user name and password that is the user name and password of the laptop.
Then you may need to provide a name for the drive on Desktop (say DrvC) and share it to the above user.
Also look at my article on Folder Sharing for help
https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/16639/Folder-sharing-on-modern-machines.html
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In the address bar type \\PETER-LENOVO\C$ (this is not case sensitive).
If you're prompted for credentials, use the username of PETER-LENOVO\username and the appropriate password.
The Network list is an ad hoc / best effort thing for peer-to-peer networking, where each machine keeps a list of other machines it knows about. It is not unusual for this list to be incomplete. The process above bypasses the need to find the other machine in the Network list.