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# Advanced Sharing Settings

### Windows 7 or later

The instructions below only apply to the Windows 7 or later operating systems. These are new options that were not available in previous versions.

1- Click on the Windows 7 start button, and select the Control Panel option.

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2- Click on Network and Internet

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3- Click Network and Sharing Center.

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4- On the left-hand side, click Change advanced sharing settings.

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5- Configure the settings for Domain and Work profiles as illustrated on the following page.

a. Select Turn on network discovery. \
b. Select Turn on file and printer sharing. \
c. Select Turn off Public Folder sharing. \
d. Select Use 128-bit encryption to help protect file sharing connections.

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