Should I set my network profile to private?

I was looking through my connection settings and noticed that my profile is set to public. Should I change it?

No, the default "Public" is more restrictive. It stops some connections from your PC on that network. If you have problems with networking (seeing other PC's in your house) then change it.

If you don't, then don't - you would be giving authority to unknown things when you do not need to.

If you want to change it (for whatever reason) you can open an elevated powershell prompt and copy/paste this:

Code:

$NetConnectionProfiles = Get-NetConnectionProfile  | Where-Object {$_.NetworkCategory -eq 'Public'}
ForEach ($NetConnectionProfile in $NetConnectionProfiles) { Set-NetConnectionProfile -NetworkCategory Private }