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First, make sure sharing is enabled on all computers. There are plenty of guides on this, so I won't go into detail here.

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What I mainly want to cover here is that automatic updates in win10 can disable SMB1.0, which affects our file-sharing setup. Here's how to enable it again.

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First, search for control in Cortana and open Control Panel.

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Click Programs, then Turn Windows features on or off. Find SMB1.0, check the box, click OK, and restart your computer. After restarting, open Network, and you should be able to see the computers on your local network.

Description

Here's some additional background on SMB. SMB (short for Server Message Block) is a protocol that can be used for Web connections and communication between clients and servers. SMB was originally developed by IBM's Barry Feigenbaum to turn the local file interface “Interrupt 13” in DOS into a network file system.