Windows 10 update 1803 BRICK

[GoodBytes]

1 hour ago, ADF said:

An update that bricks computers, pushed services on people and breaks large amounts of networks.  i think I've seen things similar on WAN before.  sorry if i posted in the wrong category, but all the links are there. 

Not Tech News. Moved to Windows

Also, VERY few people used Home Groups. You are just annoyed as you were the very few who did use it, and you are trying to make a big deal out of it.

 

Also, it brakes exactly 0 network, as HomeGroup is just a simple way to do network share which you can already do in Windows. They are many resources available for free online that you can read on how to setup a share folder properly within your network.

 

[aezakmi]

same happened to me so I ditched win 10 for good

 

I installed Windows 7 (just for 2 games) and Ubuntu Mate 18.04 (for the rest of stuff)

Removing homegroup was the worst they could do for ppl that own a NAS, big mistake, I also had to rollback my NAS to W7 because my shares were gone and using the "share folder" option was simply not the solution because even if the entire hard drive was shared the other computers will simply not recognize it anymore, 1803 worst update EVER.

 

If you still want 10... install LTSB

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Just now, gabrielcarvfer said:

I agree with you. They should remove unused stuff, but they shouldn't remove features without replacing with something equivalent or better.

 

I'm not that sure people were really using. Most people didn't even know how to setup a homegroup. File sync services (OneDrive/Resilio/iCloud/etc) and Work Folders replaced pretty well most user case scenarios.

It was always there. Provided network discovery was activated, you'll see all systems on the same network under Network. Turn off password protected sharing then manually share the folders you want to expose onto the network. You can then right click the printer you want, select Connect... and the printer will be installed (again, provided the printer is set to release jobs from network and host has the needed drivers). 

 

I've personally never had any luck with Homegroups. Especially when you have systems spanning multiple OSes. At one point I had a machine on XP, one on 7, and another on 8. omegroup rarely worked between Windows 7 and 8, and for XP... well it was hopeless for obvious reasons (never had the Homegroups feature). 

[ADF]

1 hour ago, GoodBytes said:

Not Tech News. Moved to Windows

Also, VERY few people used Home Groups. You are just annoyed as you were the very few who did use it, and you are trying to make a big deal out of it.

 

Also, it brakes exactly 0 network, as HomeGroup is just a simple way to do network share which you can already do in Windows. They are many resources available for free online that you can read on how to setup a share folder properly within your network.

 

i have tried literally everything i can find, PLEASE im begging for a fix.  if you read my entire post.  i wasn't even using homegroup to begin with, i CAN NOT gain access to anything that is "shared" over my network.

[ADF]

54 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

It was always there. Provided network discovery was activated, you'll see all systems on the same network under Network. Turn off password protected sharing then manually share the folders you want to expose onto the network. You can then right click the printer you want, select Connect... and the printer will be installed (again, provided the printer is set to release jobs from network and host has the needed drivers). 

 

I've personally never had any luck with Homegroups. Especially when you have systems spanning multiple OSes. At one point I had a machine on XP, one on 7, and another on 8. omegroup rarely worked between Windows 7 and 8, and for XP... well it was hopeless for obvious reasons (never had the Homegroups feature). 

i don't think you read everything.  i wasn't using homegroup to begin with, after the update my PCs vanished, NONE of the settings in the network and sharing center change that, nor do they allow me to access shared drives.  this isn't some pointless post.

[ADF]

whatever, nobody ever reads the whole thing.  I should be able to access my files on all my computers without the homegroup like i did before.  but can't.  the network settings seem to do nothing for me anymore and I NEVER USED THE HOMEGROUP TO BEGIN WITH!