Cannot share audio media with WMP 11 GTP99red 12/28/2008 4:10:05 PM I cannot get WMP 11 to share. I believe it "thinks" it is sharing but it does not work. The share source computer is running XP Pro 2002 SP3. Ultimately I am trying to stream to a Netgear MP101 which indicates there is no server found. I am trying to get it to work with a laptop running Vista and WMP11 with no luck (no music shows up in the library view). The share source WMP has sharing turned on and shows the laptop and the MP101 as enabled. The music is located in My Music and shows up in the monitored folders list. I have the My Music folder shared and it shows up on the laptop as a share that I can open and view the mp3s. Wmpnetwk.exe is running as well as UPnP Device Host. IPSEC Services is running but terminating it does not help. Both PCs are using windows built-in firewall only and disabling both makes no difference. The MP101 is connected to the source PC via a wired network using a Netgear router and the laptop is connected via wireless to the same router. I believe the network is functioning correctly - point in case - I can stream audio using the TwonkyMedia server software with no problems (except I don't like it and want to use WMP) and I can ping both devices. I have searched the internet and microsoft exhaustively and found nothing that seems to help so I am at the end of my rope. I have also tried reinstalling WMP11 from a fresh download (12/27/08). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Re: Cannot share audio media with WMP 11 "Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil[ at ]nospam.com> 12/29/2008 3:44:26 PM It does sound like you've tried most of the appropriate steps. You definitely need IPSEC off, and to *reboot* : "IPSEC Services should be configured to start manually and you should restart your computer", according to the FAQ. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/faq/sharing.mspx#q20_6 Also check HTTP SSL service is enabled and running on XP HTH Cheers - Neil On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 08:10:05 -0800, GTP99red <GTP99red[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >I cannot get WMP 11 to share. I believe it "thinks" it is sharing but it >does not work. The share source computer is running XP Pro 2002 SP3. >Ultimately I am trying to stream to a Netgear MP101 which indicates there is >no server found. I am trying to get it to work with a laptop running Vista >and WMP11 with no luck (no music shows up in the library view). The share >source WMP has sharing turned on and shows the laptop and the MP101 as >enabled. The music is located in My Music and shows up in the monitored >folders list. I have the My Music folder shared and it shows up on the >laptop as a share that I can open and view the mp3s. Wmpnetwk.exe is running >as well as UPnP Device Host. IPSEC Services is running but terminating it >does not help. Both PCs are using windows built-in firewall only and >disabling both makes no difference. The MP101 is connected to the source PC >via a wired network using a Netgear router and the laptop is connected via >wireless to the same router. I believe the network is functioning correctly >- point in case - I can stream audio using the TwonkyMedia server software >with no problems (except I don't like it and want to use WMP) and I can ping >both devices. I have searched the internet and microsoft exhaustively and >found nothing that seems to help so I am at the end of my rope. I have also >tried reinstalling WMP11 from a fresh download (12/27/08). Any suggestions >would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. ------------------------------------------------ Digital Media MVP : 2004-2008 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

Re: Cannot share audio media with WMP 11 GTP99red 12/30/2008 12:25:00 AM Neil - Thanks for the reply. I set IPSEC to manual, set HTTP SSL to automatic, did a reboot and still no sharing. Just in case I checked and IPSEC was not running and HTTP SSL was. I'm stumped. gtp99red -- gtp99red "Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote: [Quoted Text] > It does sound like you've tried most of the appropriate steps. > > You definitely need IPSEC off, and to *reboot* : "IPSEC Services > should be configured to start manually and you should restart your > computer", according to the FAQ. > > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/faq/sharing.mspx#q20_6 > > Also check HTTP SSL service is enabled and running on XP > > HTH > Cheers - Neil > > On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 08:10:05 -0800, GTP99red > <GTP99red[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > >I cannot get WMP 11 to share. I believe it "thinks" it is sharing but it > >does not work. The share source computer is running XP Pro 2002 SP3. > >Ultimately I am trying to stream to a Netgear MP101 which indicates there is > >no server found. I am trying to get it to work with a laptop running Vista > >and WMP11 with no luck (no music shows up in the library view). The share > >source WMP has sharing turned on and shows the laptop and the MP101 as > >enabled. The music is located in My Music and shows up in the monitored > >folders list. I have the My Music folder shared and it shows up on the > >laptop as a share that I can open and view the mp3s. Wmpnetwk.exe is running > >as well as UPnP Device Host. IPSEC Services is running but terminating it > >does not help. Both PCs are using windows built-in firewall only and > >disabling both makes no difference. The MP101 is connected to the source PC > >via a wired network using a Netgear router and the laptop is connected via > >wireless to the same router. I believe the network is functioning correctly > >- point in case - I can stream audio using the TwonkyMedia server software > >with no problems (except I don't like it and want to use WMP) and I can ping > >both devices. I have searched the internet and microsoft exhaustively and > >found nothing that seems to help so I am at the end of my rope. I have also > >tried reinstalling WMP11 from a fresh download (12/27/08). Any suggestions > >would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. > ------------------------------------------------ > Digital Media MVP : 2004-2008 > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs >