Originally Posted by
guitar9199
Go into Control Panel>Network and Sharing Center. Click the icon for the network connection (Make sure it's set to "Private" or "Work network" and not "Public") and click "Properties". Once there, click the IPv4 protocol and click the "Properties" button. Then click "Advanced>WINS Tab" and change it to "Net BIOS over TCP/IP".
If you leave it at NetBIOS over DHCP, you won't be able to browse to the computers on the network. I had a new install a few years back after the first updates to Win 10 where I discovered this little nugget.... after 2 days!!
You'll also likely need to go into the Windows Firewall settings, and make sure for your Inbound Rules, all instances of "File and Printer Sharing" and "Network Discovery" are set to "Enable".
Good luck.
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