{"id":6024,"date":"2022-03-21T08:59:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T12:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=6024"},"modified":"2022-03-21T08:59:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T12:59:22","slug":"qa-peer-networking-and-ransomware-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/21\/qa-peer-networking-and-ransomware-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&#038;A: Peer networking and ransomware protection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this week\u2019s first reader-submitted question, a subscriber\u2019s <strong>peer (serverless) network<\/strong> simply will not allow his three PCs to share files, despite there being no obvious flaws. Why won\u2019t it work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the second, a different subscriber wants to enable Windows\u2019 excellent, built-in&nbsp;<strong><em>ransomware protection<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;(via \u201cProtected folders\u201d) but is prevented from doing so by other elements of his setup. Here\u2019s the fix!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the full story in our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/newsletter\/is-windows-11-ready-are-we-ready\/#langalist\"><strong>Plus<\/strong>&nbsp;Newsletter<\/a>&nbsp;(19.12.0, 2022-03-21).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also in this issue:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>WINDOWS 11:\u2003<a href=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0\/#m_6676206597027270594_windows-11\"><strong>Is Windows 11 ready?<\/strong> Are we ready?<\/a><\/li><li>PUBLIC DEFENDER:\u2003<a href=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0\/#m_6676206597027270594_public-defender\"><strong>\u2018Matter<\/strong>\u2019 wants to talk to all your devices. 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