I have a lan of 2 Win 10 PCs.
If I type \\Htpc\!htpc in the address bar of a file explorer the remote share instantly shows up.
When clicking on the Network icon the remote shares used to pop up instantly.
But not anymore.
Now the PC I'm typing this message on shows under Computer.
The HTPC shows up under Media devices.
I checked network settings on the PC with the problems and network discovery was turned off (not by me).
I turned them on but Windows turned them off again. Eventually they stayed turned on.
For testing purposes I turned of the fire walls on both PCs. and turned of password protected sharing on both PCs.
I can successfully ping the HTPC/192.168.1.65 <1ms
But when i enter 192.168.1.65 in a browser I get: 192.168.1.65 refused to connect.
BTW on HTPC all the shares show up instantly.
What's going on?
If I type \\Htpc\!htpc in the address bar of a file explorer the remote share instantly shows up.
When clicking on the Network icon the remote shares used to pop up instantly.
But not anymore.
Now the PC I'm typing this message on shows under Computer.
The HTPC shows up under Media devices.
I checked network settings on the PC with the problems and network discovery was turned off (not by me).
I turned them on but Windows turned them off again. Eventually they stayed turned on.
For testing purposes I turned of the fire walls on both PCs. and turned of password protected sharing on both PCs.
I can successfully ping the HTPC/192.168.1.65 <1ms
But when i enter 192.168.1.65 in a browser I get: 192.168.1.65 refused to connect.
BTW on HTPC all the shares show up instantly.
What's going on?