Windows 10 1803: Network profile issues

What should I go with? 😬



I mean, obviously, I’d love to just be tucked away from everyone else...

Public

Larry Ortiz5 said:Public

So, I'm picking public if I want to stay invisible and private if I want to be seen. It feels a little backwards to me, I guess. Wouldn't it make more sense if it were the other way around?

It sounds a little silly when you say it out loud, but just like the post mentioned—if you set everything to public, you can't really share specific data with others, whereas keeping it private gives you that flexibility.

William Myers7 said:So, I’m picking "public" to stay hidden and "private" to be seen. It feels a little backwards to me. Shouldn't it work the other way around?

I think I finally get it... It's all about the network, not just my computer. If the network is public, then I definitely don't want my machine showing up. But if it's private, everything's fine.

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Larry Ortiz5 said:It sounds a little silly, I guess, but just like it says, if you set it to public, you can't share data with others, whereas you can if it's private.

Yeah, yeah, yeah... I totally thought we were talking about my local profile instead of the network profile, even though it clearly says that. Man, I must be exhausted or something. 🤦

Thanks!

True, and then you’re basically just inviting everyone to share your data over the network... assuming, of course, that you set everything to a private profile.