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.