im preparing to set up a wireless home network. I will be networking a new
computer running Vista premium located upstairs and a computer running XP
home downstairs. I have a Lyra wireless device which allows me to play mp3's
and streaming audio from my computer on my home stereo system. The Lyra is
not supported on Vista, but is on XP. I will connect the Lyra transmitter to
the computer running XP (located downstairs), and this should work just fine.
However, my hope is that I can control the selection of music using Windows
Media Player via my home network from my Vista computer upstairs, so I dont
have to run downstairs every time I want to change an album or song. Anyone
have any experience with a situation like this, and know whether or not my
home network will allow me to do this. Any suggestions, comments, or
speculations would be appreciated.

Tom,

As I understand it, you want to use one WMP installation as a "master
controller" for all othe WMP installations on your home network.

This will dispappoint you, no that capability you desire does not exist in
Windows Media Player.

There is another option though, you can use Remote Desktop to access your XP
computer from your Vista computer, and you can manipulate Windows Media
Player on the XP machine that way.

This is the link for XP, you'll need to set some configuration stuff there
so that you can remote into the desktop:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...moteintro.mspx

This is the link for Vista on how to connect to the XP machine remotely:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...95f841033.mspx


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Thanks!
Mike Poz [MSFT]
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"tomg" wrote:

> im preparing to set up a wireless home network. I will be networking a new
> computer running Vista premium located upstairs and a computer running XP
> home downstairs. I have a Lyra wireless device which allows me to play mp3's
> and streaming audio from my computer on my home stereo system. The Lyra is
> not supported on Vista, but is on XP. I will connect the Lyra transmitter to
> the computer running XP (located downstairs), and this should work just fine.
> However, my hope is that I can control the selection of music using Windows
> Media Player via my home network from my Vista computer upstairs, so I dont
> have to run downstairs every time I want to change an album or song. Anyone
> have any experience with a situation like this, and know whether or not my
> home network will allow me to do this. Any suggestions, comments, or
> speculations would be appreciated.