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Cannot see Win10 computer on network

I have a Workgroup with one Win10 and a number of Win7 computers, connected via a SMC 1016DT switch. The Win7 machines all see each other in Windows Explorer, but not the Win10. The Win10 can see all ...
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Not able to access FTP server from other machines in same LAN when Windows Firewall is ON

I have FTP server configured on my Windows 10. When I turn off my Windows Firewall I can access the FTP server from other machines on the same LAN. But when I turn on the firewall, I cannot access the ...
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How do i make Internet Explorer portable?

As you know support for Internet Explorer (IE) is dropped, but I'm still using it for compatibility purposes. Eg. Bypass Webp format and save images in pure jpg or png format. I still have my windows ...
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Sudden DNS timeouts with “Server: UnKnown” on Windows 10 home and pro and corporate systems

Overview A Windows 10 Home Edition Acer laptop is working just fine when suddenly apps requiring public internet connections start to fail or freeze. Analysis shows that DNS has failed. I’ve tried ...
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Windows 7 VM in Windows 10 Pro Hyper-V: after years, network no longer works

I created a Windows 7 VM in Windows 10 Pro perhaps 5 years ago. It worked fine for many years. I rarely use this VM (maybe once every two or three months, sometimes longer) and very few changes have ...
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Is there another method for connecting a pc to a local lan printer?

I'm trying to connect my pc to a printer connected on the LAN. But for some reason, it always fail when connecting and showing the error 0x000000011b. Screenshot of error showing when trying to ...
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Can't see W10 shares from W7

I have a similar problem asked by Chuck about 2 years ago: my configuration is a small home network with two W7, a W10 desktop and a Zyxel NAS (linux) the situation is W10 sees all other three boxes' ...
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Access Windows 7 network printer queues from Windows 10

Background: The recent Microsoft Update KB5006670 has left one of my customers Windows 10 workstation without working print queues to a proprietary print controller (CREO IC-304). Enabling SMB1 and ...
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Transfer data from old Windows 7 laptop to new Windows 10 laptop

I am looking to transfer my data from old Windows 7 laptop to new Windows 10 laptop. My preferred option would be over Wifi, as both the laptops are connected to the same Home Wifi. I have been trying ...
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JBoss EAP 7.1 Windows service not started at System reboot

I have a JBoss EAP 7.1 server running on a Windows 2010 machine. I have created windows service for JBoss start in automate mode and while restarting the system few times JBoss started but few time ...
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windows 10 cant access windows 7 shared access

i know this has been asked before, I have read the posts regarding it but couldnt resolve my issue. I have a media server running windows 7, sharing various folders, these are fully accessible from ...
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how to install sql server 2014/windows 7 so that I allow a windows 10 user to connect to it

At my home, I have 2 PCs from our client company (I don't have better windows images and I would prefer not changing them, at least the windows 10 image/PC): PC Windows SQL server SSMS IP 1 7, ...
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In Windows terminology, what designates a computer as a "browser"?

A concise description of the Windows' "Browser" service provided from a reference site is: Maintains an updated list of computers on the network and supplies this list to computers designated as ...
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How to connect windows 10 64 bit laptop with windows 7 32 bit laptop?

I want to connect my windows 10 laptop of 64 bit architecture with my another windows 7 laptop of 32 bit architecture. I turned the network visibility ON for all networks on both the laptops and ...
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Windows: how a logged remote user can disconnect its own connection of a remote sharing folder

Consider there are some machines connected in the same LAN, for simplicity assume thus the following: Beta PC //referred later how server side localUserBeta RemoteUserTypeA RemoteUserTypeB ...

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