how to fix network display of NAS STORAGE DEVICES IN WINDOWS 10
When Nas Storage cannot be found on network and you have taken all the necessary steps to activate network devices and detection then it is possible that some windows features are disabled and need to be turned on .
The solution is to turn windows SMB features on.
Go to Control panel -> programs and features -> application
- Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Programs and Features icon.
- Click/tap on the Turn Windows features on or off link on the left side. (see screenshot below)
- If prompted by UAC, click/tap on Yes.
- Turn on (check) or off (uncheck) the Windows features which are SMB root and activate all sub roots Enable SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support , and click/tap on OK when finished. (see screenshot below)
- You may be prompted by Windows to restart the computer to finish turning a feature on or off.
To Turn On Windows Features in PowerShell
Open an elevated PowerShell.
Type the command below you want to use into the elevated PowerShell, and press Enter. Make note of the FeatureName (ex: “Internet-Explorer-Optional-amd64”) for the disabled Windows Feature you want to enable. (see screenshot below)
(without full details)
Get-WindowsOptionalFeature –Online | Where-Object {$_.State –eq “Disabled”}
OR
(with full details)
Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -FeatureName * –Online | Where-Object {$_.State –eq “Disabled”}
If prompted to restart the computer, type Y, and press Enter when ready to do so. (see screenshot below)
