Disabling SMB 1.0 in Windows 10 kills Windows Explorer network discovery

Oubadah said:
Was instructed to disable SMB 1.0 on a work PC, which I did via Turn Windows Features On/Off. Now Windows Explorer doesn't list networked machines. Why is this? All machines are still accessible via \\NAME or maps. These are all Win 10 machines on the network.
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The feature says it enables computer browser support. By removing it you disable that feature.
 
I can't answer that question, though I'm curious.

Creative Update 1703 introduced a bug in the Browser service that prevents my Linux based media player from seeing the "network neighborhood". The hack fix is to force a pre-CU Win 10 computer to be the Master Browser. If that works for you, please report it to Microsoft, it may be the same issue that I have.
 
Oubadah said:
...So is Computer Browser Protocol part of SMB 1.0?
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The network browser is a service, not a protocol and yes - it relies on SMB.
The fact it wouldn't work was listed in a Microsoft advisory detailing the disabling of SMB as a work-around.
...the implication being if you relied on it, then obviously you shouldn't disable SMB - you'd need to proceed with installing the hot-fixes that have been released.

- I would question the use of the browser service - i.e. is it required or just a "nice to have" ? - but obviously the only person who can answer that in your scenario is you.
 
Oubadah said:
Was instructed to disable SMB 1.0 on a work PC, which I did via Turn Windows Features On/Off. Now Windows Explorer doesn't list networked machines. Why is this? All machines are still accessible via \\NAME or maps. These are all Win 10 machines on the network.
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What did you think the purpose of SMB was? It was SAMBA(unix)/SMB is the means of finding network shares and mapping them.
 
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