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Cannot turn on "Network Discovery and File Sharing" when Windows Firewall is enabled
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Mar 15, 202666476 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I have a problem similar to this one. Windows Firewall prevents File and Printer sharing from working and Why does File and Printer Sharing keep turning off in Windows 7? I cannot turn on Network Discovery. This is Windows 7 Home Premium, x64. It's a Dell XPS 1340 and Windows came installed from th…
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Fix for: Cannot turn on "Network Discovery and File Sharing" when Windows Firewall is enabled
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This other question: What happened to my "Predefined rules" in Windows Firewall? How can I get them back? ...provided the solution. The missing rules for Windows Firewall were the problem. The hand-coded rules I tried to enter, as I described above,…
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