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Windows 10 Pro PC not using WSD discovery method

Anonymous
2018-01-01T17:25:24+00:00

I have a mixed Windows home network setup. On my on, I re-enable SMBv1 on the Windows 10 machines. And they are both running the latest Creators Update 16299.

(1) PC - Windows 7 Pro = Compute Browser Service is enabled

(2) PC - Windows 10 Pro = Compute Browser Service is disabled

(3) Laptop - Windows 10 Home = Compute Browser Service is disabled

When I navigate to the Network Explorer to view the computer list, machines 1 and 3 are using WSD and 2 is using NetBIOS.

What do I need to do get machine 2 to use WSD?

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Internet and connectivity

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-01-02T03:57:58+00:00

    No worries. I've figured it out myself. Spent all day on this though. I wish MS would get this networking thing down. It seems after every update to Windows 10 something goes awry. Like disabling SMBv1. Seems I missed this item in the W10 change log for build version 10.0.16299.15. That one change broke all connections from Windows to my CentOS machines. In any case, I learned that disabling  NetBIOS over TCP/IP in each of the network prophrties was the solution to viewing all the Windows machines in the Network Explorer as WSD and not NetBIOS.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-01-01T22:31:44+00:00

    Hi,

    For an in-depth assistance with your query/concern, we suggest thatyou post your query on the TechNet forum. This forum is a community that is mainly composed of IT professionals who can cater to the complexity of your concern.

    Regards.

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