# Advanced Sharing Settings ### Windows 7 or later The instructions below only apply to the Windows 7 or later operating systems. These are new options that were not available in previous versions. 1- Click on the Windows 7 start button, and select the Control Panel option.

2- Click on Network and Internet

3- Click Network and Sharing Center.

4- On the left-hand side, click Change advanced sharing settings.

5- Configure the settings for Domain and Work profiles as illustrated on the following page. a. Select Turn on network discovery. \ b. Select Turn on file and printer sharing. \ c. Select Turn off Public Folder sharing. \ d. Select Use 128-bit encryption to help protect file sharing connections.