How do you access a Win10 network from WinXP My Network Places?

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  1. Posts : 11,247
    Windows / Linux : Arch Linux
       #11

    Hi there
    ensure that IPV4 is being used -- not sure if XP even with service pack 3 applied. can use IPV6.

    Otherwise there shouldn't be any problem whatsoever - can your XP machine for example see phone / tablet etc. In some cases networking actually works BETTER on XP than W10. !!! --Try also switching firewalls OFF and don't make any Home groups. Also enable sharing and network discovery --ensure networks are NOT set to 'public and I think XP doesn't like 128 bit encryption - set in networking properties,

    I use an XP VM regularly --have studio and Vinyl record cutting gear / software running on it and have no probs with XP seeing rest of my network which is a mix of Windows 10, Linux NAS servers, tablet and two phones. I don't though connect XP to the external Internet.

    Cheers
    jimbo
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  2. Posts : 47
    Windows 10-1903
    Thread Starter
       #12

    I haven't been able to find a solution anywhere. The consensus on the net seems to be that MS doesn't intend to fix it because, as Eagle 51 said above, the needed service has been deprecated. Since the computers are all still visible to each other by IP, I just worked around it by creating a shortcut on the Desktop with either of the following in the Location entry:

    Explorer \\COMPUTERNAME or Explorer \\IPADDRESS (e.g. Explorer \\192.168.1.1)
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