Darn... I thought that had promise.. I made the switch & it made no difference. I even turned 'HomeGroup' services back on & did nothing. Also saw an advanced setting where you can allow HomeGroup to manage credentials, or allow people to supply their own credentials when making remote drive connections. Tried both on/off, and no difference...
When it says 'path not found', it's referring to the UNC path I'm guessing..? I"m using
\\10.10.10.10\driveshare
where 'driveshare' is the name of my shared drive, on machine 10.10.10.10 Does it want an FQDN?
Why oh why couldn't beloved winXP hang around for just a bit longer???