How to connect Windows 11 computers on a private network?

Question

With update KB5065426, sharing of folders directly over a private network has been disabled, without notification to users. What is the recommended practice for a home network or small business network to be able to move files within the network? To the cloud and back is unacceptable both for speed and for completely unnecessary internet traffic.

Answer 1

Hi Sbix,

The solution below helped 29 people - please let me know if it does for you or not.

https://www.yourwindowsguide.com/2025/01/mapped-drives-24h2.html

1. Open the  Windows search bar and type “powershell”
2. Right-click on PowerShell and select “Run as administrator”
3. Execute the following commands:

PowerShell

Set-SmbClientConfiguration -RequireSecuritySignature $false
Set-SmbClientConfiguration -EnableInsecureGuestLogons $true

I look forward to your response and am eager to collaborate until we find a solution.

Answer 2

Thank you. I hope you ran the same in all the computers.

Also, the last page of the following thread has a solution:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5551009/just-updated-windows-11-kb5065426-network-shares-n?page=5#answers

I look forward to your response and am eager to collaborate until we find a solution.