Major W10 updates screw up my homegroup

[joddle]

Although on the whole I love W10, the past few days havereally tried my patience. I have 4 pcs allrunning W10 and linked using my router and a homegroup. However, every timethere is a major update to W10, such as there has been over the past few days,as each machine updates itself it knocks out the functionality of the homegroup.The homegroup always appears to be there but the other PCs can’t see it and itcan’t see the others.

When this happens, if I disconnect the recently updated PC from the homegroupthen try joining it again, but nothing gets better – the other PCs are stillinvisible and it is invisible to the other PCs. This happens to each PC as it gets updated. The only way I have found ofgetting a homegroup up and running again is to disconnect every PC from thehomegroup and reboot each machine. I can then create a new homegroup on onemachine and then successfully connect each PC to it. BUT WHY?? – this is a real pain. Why do major updates dothat?? MS should do something to stop it happening.

[Starbuck]

Hi Joddle,

 

Unfortunately you are not alone with this issue.

There are a lot complaining about this problem.

I haven't read through all the links, so there may be an answer in one or more of them.

 

Cannot connect to Homegroup after update to Windows 10 Version 1511

 

Home network discovery not working after latest W10 Update

 

WIN 10 Homegroup issues

Edited March 3, 2016 by Starbuck

[joddle]

Hi Joddle,

 

Unfortunately you are not alone with this issue.

There are a lot complaining about this problem.

I haven't read through all the links, so there may be an answer in one or more of them.

 

Cannot connect to Homegroup after update to Windows 10 Version 1511

 

Home network discovery not working after latest W10 Update

 

WIN 10 Homegroup issues

 

Those inks are very interesting and confirm the issues I am having are real and not just me!

The biggest issue is that often the PC that created the homegroup seems to think it is still there even when you have left it!.

 

At the moment the only solution I have found that works is thus:

 

1) Leave the homegroup on all PCs -

 

2) turn off all the pcs

 

3) reboot one of the pcs which did not create the last homegroup

 

4) create a new homegroup

 

5) boot up the other pcs and join the new homegroup.

 

Then you have to recreate the shares but that is pretty minor.

 

There must be a better way of connecting the PCs together ! ! ! ! !!

[joddle]

WOW - this morning the pcs have updated again - an lo and behold, the networking issues seems to have been solved as I can now see all my pcs from "network" and access all the shared folders etc. And to boot the homegoup seems not to have been wrecked this time either :)

[KenB]

Hi joddle,

 

Good to hear that your machines are behaving themselves again.

M$oft must have issued a corrective update.

 

Thanks for the feedback :)

[joddle]

Hi joddle,

 

Good to hear that your machines are behaving themselves again.

M$oft must have issued a corrective update.Thanks for the feedback :)

 

YEs good so far but still not 100% - for instance it now take a long time for all the PCs on the network to find each other - sometimes I have to click on a particular PC a couple of times to get it to respond. Much better than before and no repeats so far of the annoying little box asking me to log in and provide a password every time I try and access another machine on the network. Conversely the homegrou0p now only has the connections it should have but I did nothing to change that - that all happened during the update!

 

As I basically use on PC as a library to access material from the other machines to save duplication, I wonder if I actually need a homegroup! Could I just use the network instead? What's the advantages/disadvantages of the homegroup anyway? - not really sure about that.

[Starbuck]

As I basically use on PC as a library to access material from the other machines to save duplication, I wonder if I actually need a homegroup!

Probably not.

Computers running Windows on a network must be part of a workgroup or a domain.

Computers running Windows on home networks can also be part of a homegroup, but it's not required.

 

What's the advantages/disadvantages of the homegroup anyway?

Workgroup:

• All computers are peers; no computer has control over another computer.
  
• Each computer has a set of user accounts. To log on to any computer in the workgroup, you must have an account on that computer.
  
• There are typically no more than twenty computers.
  
• A workgroup is not protected by a password.
  
• All computers must be on the same local network or subnet.
  

 

 

Homegroup:

• Computers on a home network must belong to a workgroup, but they can also belong to a homegroup. A homegroup makes it easy to share pictures, music, videos, documents, and printers with other people on a home network.
  
• A homegroup is protected with a password, but you only need to type the password once, when adding your computer to the homegroup.
  

 

These links will help to explain things.

 

Are there any benefits to Homegroup

 

Advantages Of HomeGroup Sharing

 

Differences between Workgroup and Homegroup