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Network discovery and sharing turned on Windows 10
Hello all,
I am not very knowledgeable when it comes to network security and so I ask for your help.
I have recently bought a new computer and made sure when connecting to my WiFi to connect to a public network and ensure that network discovery is turned off. All the file sharing options are turned off as well.
The reason is I suspect someone in my home with physical or remote access to the computers which are connected to the same WiFi, would use this to remotely connect to my computer. They have done so in the past.
I also made sure my administration account is vivisble and password protected as well.
Today when I turned on my computer the WiFi connections that were normally available were not there and so I used the trouble shooter which seemed to reset my network adapters. After this I noticed that network discovery was turned on. It may have well been on before that but this is when I noticed it.
My question is could this have been the reason that network discovery turned on ? Is there any way (by Windows update for example) that network discovery could automatically turn on ? Please let me know.. I suspect that someone has already remotely connected to my pc.
Thanks very much