Moderators hazelnut Posted March 22, 2016 Moderators Share Posted March 22, 2016 We've all seen this where you're asked do you want to make your network discoverable. Here it explains what this means in easy to understand format http://www.howtogeek.com/245982/whats-the-difference-between-private-and-public-networks-in-windows/ Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 In order for my home PC to access the internet does my setting HAVE to be set to "Turn on network discovery"? Or can I set it to "off" and still access the internet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted March 22, 2016 Author Moderators Share Posted March 22, 2016 This might help you understand it Corona http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/what-is-network-discovery#1TC=windows-7 Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Sorry, no, that didn't answer it at all. Here's my situation. I have a PC that has internet access through ethernet cable. I have absolutely zero other devices that I would want to 'sync' my PC with. I have a printer connected to my PC but I don't think that even matters. All I want to know is can I connect to the average worldwide internet if I turn that 'network discovery' setting off? I'll put it another way...do a lot of regular websites Depend on whether I have that setting on or off? Or does it have to do more with accessing other computers on a shared network? Why is life difficult? Make it all better, Hazelnut! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted March 23, 2016 Author Moderators Share Posted March 23, 2016 No you don't need network discovery turned on to go online and surf the internet. Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Funny, I did turn it off, restarted my PC, and after it rebooted it asked me if I really wanted to keep my 'network discovery' option 'off'. Like a frightened rabbit I chose to turn it back on. Just because. But now that I know how to access it again, I think I'll turn it off again. Another thing...I bet that is the service Win10 needs in order to connect PCs with Microsoft Online, or whatever that service is called, which I have no desire to connect to. (Used to be called Windows Live.) Thanks again Hazelnut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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