By the way, it turned out Win7 has the Function Discovery services, too, so I could set them to Automatic there as well, not just on the Win 10 PCs.
Problem setting up a LAN
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I'm trying to set up a LAN among four computers, 3 of them Win 10 and one Win 7. I believe I have everything configured correctly per the manual, although two of them (the Win 7 and the oldest Win 10 - which itself used to be Win 7) were once on a homegroup whose password I can't find.
For now, though, I just want to focus on the problem of having them see each other, which they sometimes have been able to do and sometimes not. At present, the Win 10 laptop sees only itself when one double-clicks the Network icon on the desktop. The newest Win10 sees only the Win10 laptop and does not list itself. Both PCs are turned on and awake.
Currently the Win 10 laptop is connected via Wi-fi and the Win10 desktop is connected via ethernet. I have just set a network bridge between them. But that did not fix the problem. All these PCs are connected to the same router.
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Anonymous2021-07-27T02:14:25.4+00:00 Just want to confirm the current situations.
Please feel free to let us know if you need further assistance.
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Peyton Todd 96 Reputation points
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2021-07-29T01:16:47.61+00:00 I noticed that you have opened a new thread about new question. Could you please accept the useful reply as answer to end this thread up? It will encourage the person who help you.
Appreciate your understanding! :)
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Peyton Todd 96 Reputation points
2021-07-28T03:17:33.883+00:00 I just realized you did solve my initial problem, and maybe you want credit for that. I'm afraid to click 'Accept Answer', though, since I want to continue this dialog. Would you like me to delete the long post just above and post it as a new issue so I can check 'Accept Answer'?
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Anonymous
2021-07-28T03:24:24.33+00:00 You can just open a new thread and copy the second question on the new thread, we will continue to assistant you on the new thread. Since the original thread about windows 10 how to see each other in network has been resolved, you can accept the useful reply as answer to end this thread up. It will encourage the person who help you.
Appreciate your understanding. :)
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Peyton Todd 96 Reputation points
2021-07-29T02:42:52.883+00:00 I thought I had done so by clicking accept further up, before the continuing issues that I subsequently mentioned. Did that not work?
My intent was to delete the extra posts that were irrelevant to the original question. Is there no way to do that?
Per your request, I have clicked on Accept Answer just above.
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Anonymous
2021-07-29T02:50:43.053+00:00 My intent was to delete the extra posts that were irrelevant to the original question. Is there no way to do that?
I will delete the extra posts.
Per your request, I have clicked on Accept Answer just above.
If my answer is helpful with you ,could you please accept my reply as answer? It will encourage the person who help you.
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