Increasing The Odds That Windows Network Sharing Will Work
⌛ Windows Network Sharing is... tricky. Here's a process that works fairly reliably for me.
⌛ Increasing the odds of network success
Use the same workgroup for all machines.
Turn on Network Discovery.
Choose “Private” network type.
Make sure there’s a common account on all machines, ideally a local administrator-capable account.
Create shares with appropriate permissions.
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Chapters
0:00 Windows Network Sharing
1:10 Same workgroup
2:10 Network discovery
3:00 Use a private network
4:00 Have a common account
5:15 Create a share
8:00 Copy a file
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