It does point one in the right direction and I found that it was my few decades of experience with Windows that led me to believe that there always would be a "button on the Windows side" and a "button on the firewall side", but with Windows 8.1 it can be a little confusing when it comes to "Internet Security" programs that include Virus Protection. I registered here to answer this question with some specifics as someone touched on the topic of the Virus Protection, but uninstalling "Virus Protection" itself entirely is not necessary and not recommended, but rather look at the program and see if it is an "Internet Security" package. I'm pretty sure that will fix the issue, it would be nice if it was reported back in even though there was never any real issue in the first place. There are other possible causes and solutions in the link, such as setting up another User account to test for User account corruption. Not sure if you've tried this or not, and also not sure if this directly addresses your problem, but I thought you might be interested.įour more pages with the same complaint > Missing Network Settings - "Find Devices and Content" - Microsoft Community I changed the settings to allow Network Discovery on Private networks, and am good to go. I looked at the settings, and saw that Network Discovery was turned off. I went to Windows Firewall and followed the link to Allow an app or feature through Windows Firewall. I've not found a solution to turn on "Find devices and Content", but I found a workaround that has allowed me to find devices on my networks. It blows my mind that this is a known issue and the best MSFT can do is give us the runaround. I'm running a Surface 2 Pro and having the exact same issue as you are.
I think it's humorous that these people are calling it a work around when in reality the Network Discovery setting is completely standard procedure.įirst off - thanks for pushing this. In fact I found the following statement in the link at the bottom of the page where many others have this same problem> Notice the part in bold. It might also be required to set the network as Private in order for the setting to show up.
It seems like that setting would be functional only if Network Discovery "Turn on automatic setup of network connected devices" and File and Printer sharing were enabled at the Advanced Sharing settings via the Network and Sharing Center.
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