Recent content by Pacman52

Hi Wolfzz, Thanks for the reply and suggestion. I note that you said this was for a Pro version of windows but both the PC's are using Home versions with 24H2. I'm not sure if your fix will work on my systems as I remember having to deal with Local Policies a very long time ago and vaguely...

Hi all, I'm trying in vain to set up a simple shared folder at home for me and my wife. We both have Windows 11 Home versions. For ease of explanation call them PC1 & PC2. PC1 was updated from Win10 to 11 PC2 is a brand new PC with Win11 preinstalled. I went through everything required to...

Hi MisterEd thanks for the reply. I can see my own pc on the win 11 screen under Networks and I can ping them both trying from each machine. I know they are all on the same Network as I had an issue setting up our printer using its IP address. It kept saying it couldn’t connect to the win 11...

Hi, I'm just setting up a brand new HP Windows 11 PC and currently moving files from the old Windows 10 pc to it. I've set up a shared folder on my Win 10 pc, checked all the various permissions and security and all is correct and ok but when I try to connect to it on the Win 11 pc I keep...

Thanks so much for the reply - all understood. Good point on the upgrade method ! I was just planning to use Windows Update for this unless other would say not to do it this way?

Hi, I've recently purchased a new desktop PC running Win 11 (PC-1) and after using it for a while I have to say I find it very easy to navigate and find stuff. I've had no issues at all (apart from a home network share which was more than likely my fault as i did rush it when setting up the...