Why did network discovery STOP with the latest update to Windows 10?

Installed the latest update. Suddenly I can no longer 'discover' other Windows machines on the private network. This worked BEFORE the update.

 I can see the network without ANY of the Windows machine showing? (I can see media to share but not drives?)

There appears to be a "negative improvement" (aka BUG) in the 1803 update that breaks networking machines. Take a look at this article for some insight:

2018 05 04- WINDOWS 10 APRIL UPDATE: RDP, MAPPED DRIVES BROKEN
https://www.infopackets.com/news/10330/how-fix-...
I own two computers that automatically upgraded to Windows 10 17134.1, dubbed the 'April 2018 Update'. Ever since the upgrade to 17134.1, my remote desktop (RDP) and mapped network drives no longer work. Also when I click on File Explorer -> Network to view my shares, it says it can't find the computer on the network. It's strange because I can access computer A from computer B, but not the other way around.

Short Answer: RDP turned Off (turn it on), IPV6 conflict (turn it Off). See article for details.


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See the support article from Microsoft about the changes with network sharing and homegroups.
Sorry for the inconvenience.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/help/409136...

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