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Old January 10th 19, 07:27 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Linea Recta[_2_]
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Default no network after updates urgent

"Paul" schreef in bericht
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Linea Recta wrote:
After 3 ms updates & reboot laptop I cant connect anymore to my shared
files on my pc.
panic.
Laptop is connected to router by wifi and has internet access.
PC is connected to router by cable and has internet access.

When I click on the other computer under network, I get an error: could
not be found.
From other computer: same result.
I have util wifi-guard and it does find the other pc.
Why cant I go in there with windows file explorer normally?

Restoring image from before the updates: problem solved.

What to do?
Do I skip the latest updates?


regards,


Try connecting using the IP address.

In file explorer, in the path bar

\\192.168.1.2\sharename

and it should prompt for an account if one
is needed. For this to work, you can go to Command Prompt
on the other (serving) machine and get the IP address

ipconfig

Go back to the other machine, with known IP address in
hand, and make the connection.

You might have to resort to logging in first like this
if that doesn't work on the first try.

\\192.168.1.2

*******

The purpose of using an IP address, is to bypass a broken
NetBIOS nameserving function. Windows 7 may have two
"Function Discovery ..." services, which are a different
way of doing nameserving, and those are used for HomeGroup.
I don't know which one is related to NetBIOS.

HTH,
Paul




Thanks for replying.
Tried your suggestions. No solution though.
On one occasion I got a "problem solver", but after a while "this problem
could not be solved".

I dont understand, how can an ms update mess up my settings.

I;m no network expert and stay away as far as possible to prevent
complications. But now this was done for me automatically.

In network centre I see double lines between
THISCOMPUTER==============ROUTER=================I NTERNET

Does that give any clue?




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