Network Discovery Won't Stay Turned On

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  • AndyPix
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    edited 5 September 2017 at 1:47PM
    Ok then, next things to try ..


    Right click your network icon in the system tray, open network and sharing.
    Choose "change advanced sharing options" on the left and then in the right panel, turn everything on


    If that doesnt fix it, go into device manager, uninstall your network card reboot pc and let W10 reinstall the drivers.
    Then, when done, back in device manager, right click the network card and choose "update drivers"


    See how you go


    Next will be resetting the tcp/ip stack but i cant see it being this




    Edit : Maybe change the "allow windows to manage homegroup connections" to off instead of on
  • cloud_dog
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    AndyPix wrote: »
    Ok then, next things to try ..


    Right click your network icon in the system tray, open network and sharing.
    Choose "change advanced sharing options" on the left and then in the right panel, turn everything on
    Yes, and this is the problem, when I turn it on and save, it goes back to off.

    AndyPix wrote: »
    If that doesnt fix it, go into device manager, uninstall your network card reboot pc and let W10 reinstall the drivers.
    Then, when done, back in device manager, right click the network card and choose "update drivers"


    See how you go


    Next will be resetting the tcp/ip stack but i cant see it being this




    Edit : Maybe change the "allow windows to manage homegroup connections" to off instead of on
    At present that is on. I'll give that a go first (see if I can turn off / enable 'Use User Accounts....'
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  • cloud_dog
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    edited 5 September 2017 at 2:52PM
    Soooo, no joy.

    I disabled the Allow Windows to manage connections' - No joy.

    I uninstalled the network adaptor, re-booted, updated - No joy.

    (I am running out of hair to pull).

    I'm certain that the issue lies within my main W10 PC, other laptops in the house have no problems accessing the shares (most on W10 also).

    Having said that.... I have just checked one of the laptops and it also has the 'Network Discovery' service turned off, and is able to happily access one of the shares.

    So, I'm not sure I need to resolve the 'Network Discovery' turned off now :wall:

    Perhaps, as you indicated previously it may be related to my user, i.e. the other laptops are accessing the share under the guest rules whereas my connection is (likely) utilising / passing my credentials. I'll investigate this aspect further.
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  • AndyPix
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    Control panel => User accounts => Manage your credentials


    Look under "web credentials" - remove the offending one
  • cloud_dog
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    No joy :(

    I've removed the a web credential for my user.

    I deleted and re-created the user in the NAS

    Tried to re-map....no joy.

    Unfortunately I cannot 'browse' to the NAS share as 'Network Discovery' is turned off :wall:
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  • AndyPix
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    So im clear here ..


    Can you ping the device ?


    What happens when you try to map a drive to [URL="file://\\ip"]\\ip[/URL] address\sharename
  • cloud_dog
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    AndyPix wrote: »
    Can you ping the device ?
    Ping is fine.
    AndyPix wrote: »
    What happens when you try to map a drive to [URL="file://\\ip"]\\ip[/URL] address\sharename
    I get:

    Windows cannot access \\192.168.0.101\media
    Check the spelling of the name. Otherwise there might be a problem with your network <<yada yada>>

    EDIT: Error code 0x80070035
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  • AndyPix
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    edited 5 September 2017 at 4:52PM
    and if you run to [URL="file://%5C%5C192.168.0.101"]\\192.168.0.101[/URL] , (without the \media) do you see a list of shares atall ?


    When i say "run to" i mean type that in the search bar at bottom left of screen and press enter


    And, as a test, replace the ip address with the address of another machine on your network, does it give a blank explorer window, or do you get the error ?


    Also, if you open internet explorer, and type http://192.168.0.101 and press enter
    Do you get the web interface ?
  • AndyPix
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    Another thought , A recent update might have disable SMBv1 .. or V2
    So, open an elevated command prompt and type the following to re-enable it ..


    sc.exe config lanmanworkstation depend= bowser/mrxsmb10/mrxsmb20/nsi
    sc.exe config mrxsmb10 start= auto


    sc.exe config lanmanworkstation depend= bowser/mrxsmb10/mrxsmb20/nsi
    sc.exe config mrxsmb20 start= auto


    Then reboot


    note : SmbV1 is the attack vector for spreading the most recent malware through your network, so ideally you dont really want legacy kit that relies on this
  • cloud_dog
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    AndyPix wrote: »
    and if you run to [URL="file://%5C%5C192.168.0.101"]\\192.168.0.101[/URL] , (without the \media) do you see a list of shares atall ?

    When i say "run to" i mean type that in the search bar at bottom left of screen and press enter
    Sorry, was a little unclear what you meant by this? (Windows / Search???)
    AndyPix wrote: »
    And, as a test, replace the ip address with the address of another machine on your network, does it give a blank explorer window, or do you get the error ?
    Same error. I can ping the m/c.

    AndyPix wrote: »
    Also, if you open internet explorer, and type http://192.168.0.101 and press enter
    Do you get the web interface ?
    Prompts me to log in. Logged in using my re-created (NAS) user details (same as PC) and shares displayed ok.
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