I can't any useful suggestions, but I'm in a similar boat. A recent win10 upgrade declared SMB shares unsafe and now refuses to connect to them - which broke the connection to the USB hard drive I was sharing off my router. -Denny On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 2:51 AM RussellMc wrote: > Windows "home groups" were removed from WIN10 in late 2018 > - With Cloud / internet access not being an acceptable part of any > solution, > - using the latest versions of WIN10 Pro & Home > > Shortest: > > How do I access hard drives "on" other PCs on a home LAN with minimal > restrictions and effort. > Within LAN security is not an issue. > > Short: > > How do I easily, foolproofly (and as a bonus with minimal > enable/grant/assert/set/ rights/permissions/passwords/... ) > emulate the prior abilities of Windows home groups. > to allow disk drive access as desired > between PCs running: WIN10 Pro, WIN10 Home, (bonus: WIN7, ...) > > Longer: > > I've not been using PC-PC LAN facilities for some while. > I had previously done this using 'home groups' with complete successs [tm= ]. > I decided it was time to re-establish LAN functionality between a few PC= s. > And found that Microsoft have removed the homegroup feature in late 2018, > that ALL the fixes workarounds or alternatives acceptable to me & > suggested by Microsoft using the O/S's own facilities do not work (for me > so far after excessive poring, trying and hair tearing) . > Microsoft suggest that "*That many people nowadays Like Marmalade Instead > < > http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/schools/teachers/offbyheart/the_kings_b= reakfast_milne.pdf > >*" > in the form of "One Drive" or other such modern cloudy solution. > > I have ~=3D 30TB of storage in external & USB connected drives on one PC. > Storing that 'IN' 'The Cloud' or using it as a means of transfer is stupi= d > as well as unacceptable. > > Other PCs (2 desktops) various laptops usually have one HDD and maybe US= B > connected flash drives. > > "All I want" [tm] is what I always* had, namely > > To be able to access hard drives on other PCs on an 'ethernet' LAN more o= r > less as if they were physically connected to the PC I am using**. > > Needing to 'share' or set permissions on a file by file basis is > unacceptable. > Needing to use dedicated "shared" folders is pathetically low capability. > Needing to set permissions or access at a folder level is perhaps > grudgingly acceptable. > Being able to access a whole HDD for read-only or all-access is what I > want. > > Just like I always could :-) > > > Russell > > > *For values of 'always' > =3D DOS 3.1 (afair) or WFW > > ** "The PC I am using" and "physically connected to the PC" can get a bit > ephemeral - I've used 'Team Viewer' from behind the Great Firewall of Chi= na > to operate a PC in NZ withb the far end laptop essentially being a > terminal on the NZ PC -and from there was then able to connect across the > home LAN (using home group functionality) to hard drives on other PCs on > the home lAN. > > > > > http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/schools/teachers/offbyheart/the_kings_b= reakfast_milne.pdf > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .