Comments by "John h Palmer" (@johnhpalmer6098) on "Increasing The Odds That Windows Network Sharing Will Work" video.

  1. Thank you. I recently got my 2 computers, one a desktop, the other a laptop (both Dells running Win11, though the desktop is Pro, the laptop is Home but the laptop can only see the shared folders of documents, downloads etc, not the regular ones we drop files to by default. The desktop can see all that on the laptop. This was the first time I've successfully got this far with Windows network as trying to run older non 10/11 machines to either 10/11 has often resulted in failures, especially anything pre Windows 7. I had tried to network and old Dell Inspiron B120 laptop with XP to my old Windows 10 desktop a year or so ago, no dice. XP could not be seen on my desktop. So I think you also need to be using on all machines the similar era OS, such as 10/11, with maybe 7-8.1 being alright to use for file sharing/printing.
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  2. Good point, I, too, run a router and use both 2.4/5G, however both of my machines are new enough to run 5G, the desktop, a Dell Optiplex has the 7th gen Core i5 in it, Windows 11 Pro. The new to me laptop has the 8th gen of the same, it's also a Dell, but the Latitude, running Windows 11 Home (should've been Pro and will get it fixed). The main thing is, the desktop is LAN wired, whilst the laptop is WiFi.
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