I'm having a tough time with my Lenovo T16 Gen2 running Windows 11 Pro not detecting my other Lenovo machines that are on the same private network. The two machines are running Windows 10 Pro, and they can see and access each other without issues. However, my Windows 11 machine can't discover the Win10 devices in the File Explorer under Network. I can map a drive from one of the Win10 machines, but why can't the Win11 machine see the others? I've tried some changes in the group policy editor by disabling 'Microsoft network client: Digitally sign communications (always)' and enabling 'Lanman Workstation - Enable insecure guest logons', but it seems these steps worked for the other machines, just not mine.
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Make sure you check the sharing and security settings for full access. It's important that 'Everyone' has been granted full access on both Sharing and Security tabs for all drives. I remember having this issue when I set up my own network, and it was all about the permissions and the visibility settings. Also, if you can see the T16 Gen2 from other machines without mapping, it sounds like the configurations are right for those, but the Win11 may just need some tweaks.
First, you need to ensure that the shared drives are correctly set up. Make sure you have shared them and granted access to either 'Everyone' or 'Guest' for read access in the security settings. You should also note down the computer name. You can then try accessing the share by typing `` into the search bar in the Network section of your File Explorer. If everything is set up properly, you should see the shared drive there.
When you mention 'open network' in Explorer, are you literally using that option? Because when I use 'Map network drive', it requires assigning a drive letter, and it shows up under This PC rather than Network. I'm trying to replicate how it works on my T510, where both machines show up under Network directly.
Yep, I made sure that 'Everyone' has full access. I think the problem is more about the discovery settings in Win11 itself. My T510 sees the T16 Gen2 under Network, but my Win11 machine is just being stubborn!