Cannot connect to local network using Win 10 Pro

Question

Hi,

we have a win 10 Pro x64 pc and a win 10 Home x64 pc with the same network configuration.

The problem is that we can only connect to our local network from the Home machine but not from the Pro machine.

What could be the issue here? Is there anything special in Win Pro that needs to be configured in order to connect? 

Or is it something that needs to be set up when using Win Pro?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Yes please. When you type can/cannot access, you mean that they can/cannot access the server?

Answer 2

Thanks. And which one is the resource that is not reachable?

Answer 3

Pic 1 Win 10 Home client

Pic 2 Win 10 Pro client

Thanks!

Answer 4

Hi Humbledore, it could be a version problem, in version 1803, Microsoft removed the Homegroup functionality from Windows 10, please try this:

Click your Start Button, type Services and hit Enter

When the Services app opens, scroll down to find the following services, then double click each one in turn, set their startup type to Automatic and start the service if necessary

1. Function Discovery Provider Host
2. Function Discovery Resource Publication
3. SSDP Discovery
4. UPnP Device Host

Save that and close the Services app

That's It!

Answer 5

Ciao,

I'm Ugo, an Independent Advisor willing to help other Microsoft customers.

Regarding your question, for a preliminary inspection, can you open a command prompt on both machines (type cmd + ENTER after clicking on the Windows button on the keyboard) and then type in it:

ipconfig /all + ENTER

and, finally, share the outocme for both?

Ciao and thanks

Ugo