Laptop is not responding to connection attempts

I am trying to home network a Windows 10 Pro laptop and a Windows 10 Home PC. The laptop can see my PC and files. The PC can see the laptop but can't open the files. The diagnosis Says: File and print sharing resource (My Laptop) is online but isn't responding to connection attempts. My network setup is a workgroup. All was working well until the MS Update 1709 installed. I have checked everything I know to check and have researched the problem online, but have had no luck. I will appreciate any suggestions.

net view: The service has not been started. What service is this?

I have update 1709. I had already tried the suggestions offered in the Partner Support forum. I also reset the network. No help.
Thanks for your input.

Hey theweav,
Have you checked and made sure the following services are running ....

Service - Default Start Up
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DHCP Client - Automatic
DNS Client - Automatic (trigger start)
Server - Automatic (trigger start)
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper - Manual (trigger start)
Workstation - Automatic

That is something I will consider.
Thanks

EdTittel said:

There's a known bug or issue for some users in Version 1703 , as documented in this Partner Support forum thread at Microsoft. If you're not running 1703 (and even if you are) you might want to try resetting your network (see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...nection-issues for info). If that doesn't work, those who suffer from such problems can often get relief only from an in-place upgrade repair install or (last resort) a clean install.
HTH,
--Ed--

None of this solved the issue. Including the clean install.
The issue is still present in Windows ver 1803 build 17134.5

Tried all of this. Nothing has worked. Microsoft can and should fix this.