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Question

Hi. My Lenovo did the last Windows 11 update and now I can not connect to the network share file disc. Ask for SMB2

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Answer 1

Hello，

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community forum.

The issue that you can't connect to a network share file after updating Windows 11 may be due to the SMB protocol setting. Here are some workarounds:

Check SMB settings:

Press the Win + R keys, type optionalfeatures, and press Enter.

In the Windows Features window, find SMB 1.0/CIFS File Share Support and make sure it's checked. If not, tick it and restart your computer.

To enable SMB2/SMB3:

Open PowerShell (run as administrator) and enter the following command to enable SMB2 and SMB3:

Set-SmbServerConfiguration -EnableSMB2Protocol $true

Then restart your computer.

Check your network settings:

Make sure that your computer and tethering device are on the same network and that there are no firewalls or security software blocking the connection.

You can try entering the shared path directly in File Explorer, e.g. IP address of the shared deviceshared folder.

To update network drivers:

Make sure your network adapter drivers are up to date. Drivers can be checked and updated through Device Manager.

If the above methods still don't solve the problem, please provide more error information or specific situations so that I can better help you.

I hope the information above is helpful.

Regards,

Jill Zhou