Stan Schultz
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I come before you with yet another issue with my problem child. Basically, I have two laptops, an ASUS-G750JM (hereinafter called laptop 'A' in an effort to avoid confusion because their brand names are so similar), and an ACER Aspire-721-492 (hereinafter called laptop 'B'). Laptop 'A' works just fine. Laptop 'B' is the aforementioned problem child. (Additional background at NIC won't work. if you're interested.)
Some weeks ago I wiped laptop 'B's disk clean, repartitioned it, and reinstalled Windows 8.1. Now that I'm running Win 8.1 on both machines again I find that laptop 'A' can "see" laptop 'B,' and access all the files on it with full permissions (i.e., there is a working connection between the two computers). However, laptop 'B' (my problem child) cannot even see laptop 'A,' much less access any files. I've spent literally weeks trying to figure out where the snag is, and nothing I do solves the issue.
I absolutely know it's not only possible, but actually fairly easy. I had the system running adequately before I wiped everything clean (twice, actually). Either the reinstallation process changed something or I've forgotten something.
So, what I'm asking is for all of you to tell me all of the reasons why this should happen, from the simplest, "You have to register both instances of Windows before this'll work," (which I did) through "You've got to turn on file sharing, Dummy!" (which I did) up to the most arcane sort of digital witchcraft any of you know about.
Don't hold back...
Thanks in advance.
Some weeks ago I wiped laptop 'B's disk clean, repartitioned it, and reinstalled Windows 8.1. Now that I'm running Win 8.1 on both machines again I find that laptop 'A' can "see" laptop 'B,' and access all the files on it with full permissions (i.e., there is a working connection between the two computers). However, laptop 'B' (my problem child) cannot even see laptop 'A,' much less access any files. I've spent literally weeks trying to figure out where the snag is, and nothing I do solves the issue.
I absolutely know it's not only possible, but actually fairly easy. I had the system running adequately before I wiped everything clean (twice, actually). Either the reinstallation process changed something or I've forgotten something.
So, what I'm asking is for all of you to tell me all of the reasons why this should happen, from the simplest, "You have to register both instances of Windows before this'll work," (which I did) through "You've got to turn on file sharing, Dummy!" (which I did) up to the most arcane sort of digital witchcraft any of you know about.
Don't hold back...
Thanks in advance.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Asus G750JM
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-4700HQ
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Nvidia GEFORCE GTX 860 M
- Browser
- Mozilla Firefox
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender