Network Discovery Disabled

Potential Symptoms

  • When attempting to enable Network Discovery in the Advanced Sharing Settings of Windows 7 or 10, it will go back to being disabled as soon as you click OK

Environment

  • Product Family: OS
  • Product: Windows 7 or Windows 10
  • Component: OS
  • Control System: Any

Cause

  • The SSDP Discovery service is disabled

Resolution

  1. Launch the Windows Services snapin
  2. Locate the SSDP Discovery service
  3. Double click to open the properties box
  4. Set the service to Manual, click Apply and OK
    1. SSDP.png
  5. Now go back to the Network Discovery setting and enable Turn on network discovery.
    1. network discovery.png
  6. Once you click Apply and OK, the setting should stay
    1. Also, if you go back and check the SSDP Discovery service, it will now be started

 

KB ID: DD3856289


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