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GeoffreyF
Jan 21, 2017Aspirant
Printing From Wireless MacBook to Wireless Win10 Shared Printer
MacBook on WiFi. Win10 PC on WiFi with shared USB printer. If I disable the PC firewall (McAfee) I can see, setup, and print from the Macbook. As soon as the firewall is reenabled the macbook cann...
- Jan 25, 2017
This appears to have solved my problem. I got this off the McAfee forums
An update may have caused some settings to default.
Open SecurityCenter - then open Web and Email Protection , then Firewall.
Go to 'My Network Connections, and if any are marked public or work, use the Edit button to change to Home.
Then go to Ports and System Service and make sure the File Sharing item is checked.
GeoffreyF
Jan 28, 2017Aspirant
Specifically McAfee listed devices by mac address and whether they were considered PUBLIC, WORK, or HOME. My router was identified as PUBLIC and some other devices were identified as WORK or HOME. I set them all to HOME and life was good.