PC to PC sharing is not supported on XP - that's a feature available on
Vista.

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"dantel" <dantel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:359696C6-CA38-4932-990A-EF609CBF917A@microsoft.com...
> To be fair, I wouldn't call the update dirty or lacking in QA but they
> really
> missed the boat on this. The guy I spoke with at CES said the questions I
> was asking were beyond what normal users get into - I think they tried to
> over simplify it and as a result lost some "touch and feel" - if it isn't
> working, it is hard to tell why - there isn't a lot of dialog. Also, I
> spent
> a good deal of time this afternoon playing with three computers running 11
> and I can not get a single one to connect to another as a client which
> contradicts what they told me at CES. I think it may work on Vista
> machines
> but could not see it there because I think the machines were locked down
> and
> the dude I was speaking with didn't know the admin pass and couldn't get
> it
> working or he was just wrong about one computer being able to be a client
> to
> another or did not understand the question. I am able to get my SMC audio
> thing to log in to several WMP 11's and pull audio though so keep trying
> with
> your Acer device.
>
>
> "garcin lazare" wrote:
>
>> dantel wrote:
>> > I have a bunch of computers; MCE, XP Home, XP Pro, Macintosh, a NAS
>> > running a UpnP server, a UPnP audio device, a Viiv server, etc. and
>> > have some questions:
>> >
>> > Seems like I am reading that WMP 11 replaced WMC, is this really UPnP
>> > compliant? a guy at the MS boot at CES seemed to indicate yes but was
>> > sketchy on details and had many caveots.
>> >
>> > Should WMP 11 see my Viiv server?
>> >
>> > Can WMP be both a client AND server on XP? I was told yes on Vista
>> > but got puzzled look when asking about on XP.
>> > - Can I share media from one XP machine and go to another XP machine
>> > both running WMP 11 and see the shared content in the "client" WMP?
>> > there does not seem to be any menu for browsing to see other
>> > computers or things such as Viiv server or a NAS running UPnP.
>> > Do the new hardware devices from companies like D-Link & Netgear see
>> > the shared
>> > items from WMP 11? nobody at CES was really clear about that.
>> > Any software available that uses a "remote control" TV like interface
>> > that will see WMP or UPnP "served" content? I picked up a demo copy
>> > of the new version of Nero and it has a nice interface but it is a
>> > little funky when accessing content over the network - it needs to
>> > "collect" media or run something called Nero Scout which I have not
>> > figured out yet.
>> >
>> > So many cool products that don't work cool together quite yet!
>> > I wish there was a Media User Group in the Chicago area!!
>>
>> WMP11 seems to have broken upnp media sharing, which used to work with
>> WMP10
>> and Windows Media Connect 2. Moreover, other Windows based media servers
>> have stopped working. I have an Acer 3705 MGW TV with a built in media
>> gateway which is now useless. I tried to revert to WMP10 and WMC2, but it
>> did not work. I tried to diagnose with Cidero Media Controller, looks
>> like
>> WMP does not authorise my devices, despite a correct configuration. I
>> tested
>> with no firewalls, and my router supports upnp.
>>
>> That's one of the most dirty MS update I have experienced, these guys
>> have
>> no sense of QA, they dump half baked updates and let us debug. They
>> should
>> open a web site where we could bill them for our wasted time !
>>
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