How to enable SMB on Windows 10

SMB is a network communication protocol for providing shared access to files, printers, and serial ports between nodes on a network. If you have a problem to access a network shared drive in Windows, you may want to enable it. Here is how.

  1. Open Control Panel.
  2. Click Uninstall a program under Programs.
  3. Click Turn Windows features on or off.
  4. Enable SMB here.
  5. Click OK to save the settings.

Please view the step by step video:

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