Turns out the command did NOT work. It fixes it temp but it breaks again with my original name...so I have to rename it and leave it with the new name.
titetanium I will try that :) is this on the SERVER computer or one I am remoting in from?
Wow that actually worked. Let's see if it sticks :) Last resort if not I will just rename the comptuer and go with that :)
Last edited by NewYears1978; 03 Aug 2018 at 01:05.
Just an update, the hosts file completely solved the issue and allowed me to continue using the old name. So for anyone else having the problem - try that =D
Thanks everyone for help.
Oh...hahahaha! I am used to it being listed under thread tools. I am dumb. Thank you for your help.
It just randomly stopped working again...Done with Windows 10..going back to Windows 7 once I find the time to reinstall on two PCs...
Win10 is trash!!!
Did the ip address change on the client machines? If you have a router that you can access/control, try to give each machine a static address or reserve a specific ip address so they pull the same one every time.
Nothing changed lol it's so strange!!!
I saw another post mentioned "Windows Credentials" I wonder if that would solve it. I had to leave for work so did not have time to test it.
It makes no sense to me, I never had this issue in Windows 7 - even though HomeGroups aren't the best solution, when I had a HomeGroup it worked always without issue.
I have a router and also we have a Mesh system Orbi..but I dunno why it works then stops. It still seems like it "goes to sleep" because if I then browse my shared folders on the server computer, wait a couple mins - then they become active again which makes no sense.
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