This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off network discovery for private and guest or public networks on your Windows 10 PC. You must be signed in as an administrator to turn on or off network discovery. See also: You can't turn on Network Discovery in Network and Sharing Center...
Disabling automatic network discovery in Windows 10 is child’s play. Here’s the lowdown on how you can get it done, in the form of a nice illustrated walkthrough: Step 1:Navigate to theControl Panel, and click on theNetwork and Sharing Center. Step 2:TheNetwork and Sharing Centerhelps...
Network discovery is a Windows setting that can control whether your PC can find other computers and if other computers on the same network can see your PC. In this tutorial we’ll show you how to turn on or off network discovery from Control Panel or Command Prompt in Windows 10. Method...
However, on some computers, the Network Discovery feature might be disabled for security reasons. You cannot access or share files locally when the Network Discovery is turned off. The good news is that it is easy to turn on Network Discovery in Windows 10 and 11 operating systems. Follow th...
How to turn off Password Protected Sharing in Windows 11/10 Method 1: Via Control Panel/Network And Sharing Center 1.Right click on the network icon in taskbar notifications area and selectOpen Network and Sharing Center. 2.In theNetwork and Sharing Centerwindow, clickChange advanced sharing sett...
Turn On or Off File and Printer Sharing in Windows 11/10 File sharing helps the other user connected through network sharing on the same connection to access, read and edit the files of the other user. Print sharing allows the users connected on the same network to send print jobs from th...
shared files could be accessed by only network users who have the login credentials of your computer. If you want to allow others to access the shared files on your PC without any username/password, follow the below step-by-step tutorial to turn off password protected sharing in Windows 10....
Windows does not turn off the Wi-Fi connection automatically when you connect an Ethernet cable, but there is a nifty method you can use to make this happen.
In Windows 7, to turn sharing on or off on your network, you had to go to the Network and Sharing Center and choose homegroup and sharing options. With Windows 8, things have become a lot easier. TIP:Windows 10users may go here to see how toenable or disable Network Discovery or Sha...
How to Turn On or Off Mobile Hotspot in Windows 10 You can turn your Windows 10 PC into a mobile hotspot by sharing your Internet connection with other devices over Wi-Fi. You can share a Wi-Fi, Ethernet, or cellular data connection. If your PC has a cellular data connection and you...