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  "path": "/threads/network-file-sharing-access-problem-again.2634424/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-17T16:34:24.000Z",
  "site": "https://forums.anandtech.com",
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  "textContent": "THE SCENARIO\n\nWe've had a home LAN among three family members since I returned to California 25 years ago.\n\nAt some point, I replaced a Windows Home Server installation with Windows Server 2012 Essentials. I maintained this for my brother and elderly Moms until they died between 2022 and 2023. I had to recycle their computers, and re-evaluated my \"digital fortress\".\n\nI insisted on keeping two client systems -- twins essentially -- as recommended by another friend on the East Coast and former neighbor. A third system -- using the same processor and chipset as the other two -- was deployed as a \"Media PC\" feeding my Sony Bravia and AVR, and it was also a backup file server. I would synch important personal business files regularly with this third system.\n\nI also have a laptop, and I use it the same way.\n\nWhen I updated two of these systems (including the Media box) to Windows 11, it was a provisional upgrade, since the processors just precede Coffee Lake -- the first of...\n\nRead more",
  "title": "Network File Sharing Access problem -- AGAIN!"
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