Hi there, Russell. There are several ways to get to where you need to be - the route=20 that I'm going to share is what I use. 1) On the Win10 PC, bring up the taskbar and right-click on the=20 network icon (usually right-hand side of the taskbar). Select "Open=20 Network and Sharing Center". 2) Select "Change advanced sharing settings" (left sidebar). 3) Select the following items: Under Network Discovery: "Turn on network discovery" and tick the box=20 marked "Turn on automatic setup of network connected devices" Under File and printer sharing: "Turn on file and printer sharing" Under HomeGroup connections: "Use user accounts and passwords to=20 connect to other computers" Expand the group "Guest or Public" : I have selected "Turn off=20 network discovery" and "Turn on file and printer sharing" Expand the group "All Networks". I have the following items selected: Under Public folder sharing: Turn off Public folder sharing I don't have any options set for Media streaming Under File sharing connections: Enable file sharing for devices that=20 use 40- or 56- bit encryption. This allows me to connect to my Win98 boxes= .. Under Password protected sharing: I have "Turn on password protected sharin= g". You then need to open Windows Explorer and go to either select an=20 entire drive **or** selected folders on each drive, right-click on=20 the item (drive or directory) and select "Share with". That takes=20 you to "Advanced sharing" where you can specify the share name and=20 set permissions. Password-protected sharing works best of you have a common user name=20 account on each computer. For all of my machines, my working account=20 is "Admin". Having a common user name on each of the computers makes=20 logging in much easier. We use peer-to-peer sharing at my shop, This is somewhere between 12=20 - 20 computers running anywhere from Win98 all the way up to=20 Win10. Most (but not all) of the Win XP boxes have either died or=20 been upgraded to something more current. I think there is still a=20 Win2k box out there as well. But now mostly Win7 & Win10. The Win98 box is special - it is still my main development machine=20 and is never allowed to go on the Internet. But I can access it from=20 any of the other machines when I need to. I hope this helps. dwayne At 02:49 AM 1/23/2019, 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 PCs= .. >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 >*" >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 stupid >as well as unacceptable. > >Other PCs (2 desktops) various laptops usually have one HDD and maybe USB >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 or >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 wan= t. > >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 Chin= a >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_br= eakfast_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 Dwayne Reid Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA 780-489-3199 voice 780-487-6397 fax 888-489-3199 Toll Free www.trinity-electronics.com Custom Electronics Design and Manufacturing --=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 .