PC not showing on network - not properly

[Frankiemac]

Bit complicated this... I have recently built a pc and installed windows 10. Its connected to the network and the media library shows up on the other pcs / lappies on the network and on my Smart TV, including the local pc. However the pc does not show up in the Computers section Network page on my system, even locally, but I can see the other pcs and send files to their shared folders.

I have tried private share, public share followed online instructions using cmd but still nothing. The media library icon show up on the pc but nothing else

 

[Frankiemac]

Any ideas ?

 

[Frankiemac]

is this the group policy thing and the services.msc ? I've done those already, and I just had to do that on a pc with a new windows 11 install on a friends pc ... 11 sucks.

I can't find anything else after spending hours trying tp sort it. That why I asked on here.

 

[Frankiemac]

This has always been very poor with Windows.

Network Discovery has been switched off by default now, after a recent Microsoft update.

Thing is, that when you switch it back on it can take a little while to take effect.

This has been 3 weeks !! Windows 7 pc can see windows 10 pc on network etc ... seems to be an 11 issue but the microsoft script bot (ai) answers the same thing every time ignoring the actual issue on their community forums. I can access the windows 10 pc if I type in its name in file explorer, but it won't appear on network. On windows 10 lappy and pc I have had to trawl through loads of group policy stuff for it to even connect. Its beyond a joke.

 

[Frankiemac]

Can you connect to the media library using it's IP address instead of it's hostname?

I am presuming that the media library has password protected shares?

No password. How do I find media library ip address ? Thats all, working visible on all machines inc 11 and works from smart tv.

 

[Frankiemac]

yeah I can type it in and have saved a link, yet all the old systems work...microsoft utterly suck, need to beheld accountable by governments, not just beacasue of this. How mnay hours does this type of petty crap cause business. If it worked 20 years ago, why is it not working now.