Media Sharing Stopped working after Hardware change?

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Shin

Hi,

One of my Vista Ultimate based PC's (the hub of the house media wise) has
suddenly stopped sharing Media.

I can't remember exactly when it happened but, it was definately after i
have done a major Upgrade to my PC, which consisted of a new Motherboard
(which meant a different MAC adress), new Processor, new Graphics Card and
New Memory, which is a pretty big overhaul.

But the computer is stable, drivers are all updated and running fine, as are
applications, and have had no errors since the PC upgrade, except the Media
Sharing.

I have checked all the other PCs and Laptops in the house and they can all
access Shared files, so file sharing is definately working, all the ports are
allowed in My Hardware Firewall, and Is allowed in Vista Firewall,
wmpnetwk.exe is running too.

I have tried deleting the network and then creating a new profile for my
network, disabled all sharing and then enabled it again.

Also When you click on Start > Network you are shown all the devices on the
Network, but what i see is the PC, other PC's but no Media PC (Usually it was
the same name but with a different Icon with a musical note and filmstrip).

Can anyone help me please, I really want to avoid a reformat, as i have way
too many applications and games to install and it is something i am really
trying to avoid. Part of me is thinking it could be the new Ethernet
Controller, but then why would File Sharing work?

Thanks,

Shin.
 
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx

Have a read of the above link re Vista File and Printer Sharing.
How to give Permissions are there, too.

1st thing to do is make sure that the Workgroup Name of ALL the computers is
the SAME.

In Vista Network and Sharing:

Network Discovery: ON (So it can see the other computers)

Network set to Private (Public is for hotspots, airports, etc)

File Sharing: ON

Public Folder Sharing: ON (Vista’s Public Folder is the same as XP’s Shared
Docs)

Do you have Media sharing turned ON?

Password Protected: OFF (unless you want to set up identical usernames and
passwords on ALL computers in your Network) If you have it ON, you will be
asked for a username and password when you try to access a Vista computer
from an XP computer.

Also, run the XP’s Home Network File and Printer sharing Wizard.
 
Hi,

Thanks for the reply.

I had not changed any settings so all the file sharing i had working before
is still working, only media sharing is not. But to answr your questions...

The Workgroup on all PC's are the same Default Vista (WORKGROUP), my PS3 and
Xbox 360 are allowed on the Media Sharing confiuration too.

Network Discovery was and is still on

Network is set to Private.

File Sharing is on and Works 100%

Public Folder Sharing is on and Works 100%

Media Sharing is turned On (Not Working), also all the Media sharing
Processes are running.

There is no Password Protection.

"Also, run the XP’s Home Network File and Printer sharing Wizard." How would
i do this with Vista?

Also, is it posible to delete or Repair Media Player 11? As it may update
the Sharing as i am now using a different Ethernet Controller and MAC address.

Everything is allowed Firewall-wise, Both Vista Firewall and Hardware.

Thanks,

Shin.
 
The XP wizard is for the XPs.
No; you can't repair or reinstall Media Player..

Sorry, I am at a loss where to go from here.
 
Exact same problem here too, - trawled the web for a few days and I'm still
basically no further forward....
 
THANKS!!! That worked a treat for me.

Note: The only additional step required is to initially change the explorer
settings so you can view hidden and system files otherwise the DRM folder and
contents don't show up.

Once I'd cleared out the DRM folder contents the media sharing (WMP11 via
Vista Ultimate) worked immediately.
 
glad this fixed the problem for you.

THANKS!!! That worked a treat for me.

Note: The only additional step required is to initially change the explorer
settings so you can view hidden and system files otherwise the DRM folder and
contents don't show up.

Once I'd cleared out the DRM folder contents the media sharing (WMP11 via
Vista Ultimate) worked immediately.
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Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
 
I have the same or at least very similar problem to you. I hadn't considered
the possibility that it had been caused by a hardware change though...

Basically Media Sharing doesn't work on my Vista x64 box over the network,
but it does share between users on the same machine (i.e. I can switch user
accounts, load up Media Player and see the other accounts Shared Media).

Clearly there is some conflict between the network adapter and Media
Sharing, I know this can be fixed by a format, but there really should be a
way to completely reset Media Player without having to so. I've also tried
deleting the DRM folder but that has made no difference.

Have you had any luck getting your Media Sharing to work again?

Andrew
 
you need to post some details as to what other machines are on the
network and how file sharing/media sharing is configured on them as
well. do you see these machines on the network? do you get an error
message?

I have the same or at least very similar problem to you. I hadn't considered
the possibility that it had been caused by a hardware change though...

Basically Media Sharing doesn't work on my Vista x64 box over the network,
but it does share between users on the same machine (i.e. I can switch user
accounts, load up Media Player and see the other accounts Shared Media).

Clearly there is some conflict between the network adapter and Media
Sharing, I know this can be fixed by a format, but there really should be a
way to completely reset Media Player without having to so. I've also tried
deleting the DRM folder but that has made no difference.

Have you had any luck getting your Media Sharing to work again?

Andrew
Click to expand...
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Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
 
Have no DRM folder, and yes, changed settings in explorer so I can view
hidden and system files...
Got Vista Business, Norwegian.

Suggestions?
 
Machines on my network include another Vista one (32bit), a couple of XP
machines and a PlayStation 3 console (the main reason I'm trying to get
media sharing working).

File sharing is setup on all the Windows machines correctly, network
discovery is turned on. All the Windows machines can see each other over the
network without issue and all can access each others shared files. The only
thing which doesn't work is Media Sharing on my Vista x64 machine as per my
post above.

The other Vista machine (32bit) on my network media sharing DOES work though
and all machines including the PS3 can access its Media shares without
issue, so the issue is definitely something specific to my x64 Vista
machine.

As far as I can see there are no error messages anywhere. There are no
warnings or errors in the Event Viewer, the only mention of Media Sharing is
as follows:

"Media server 'ANDREW: andrewpc:' was successfully initialized and is
sharing media with network media devices."
"Service 'WMPNetworkSvc' started."

Thanks

Andrew
 
can the other computers access non media files on the x64 machine
over the network or is this just media files? are you using password
protected sharing or using public folders? Vista Ultimate? Home
Premium?

Machines on my network include another Vista one (32bit), a couple of XP
machines and a PlayStation 3 console (the main reason I'm trying to get
media sharing working).

File sharing is setup on all the Windows machines correctly, network
discovery is turned on. All the Windows machines can see each other over the
network without issue and all can access each others shared files. The only
thing which doesn't work is Media Sharing on my Vista x64 machine as per my
post above.

The other Vista machine (32bit) on my network media sharing DOES work though
and all machines including the PS3 can access its Media shares without
issue, so the issue is definitely something specific to my x64 Vista
machine.

As far as I can see there are no error messages anywhere. There are no
warnings or errors in the Event Viewer, the only mention of Media Sharing is
as follows:

"Media server 'ANDREW: andrewpc:' was successfully initialized and is
sharing media with network media devices."
"Service 'WMPNetworkSvc' started."

Thanks

Andrew
Click to expand...
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Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
 
Other computers could access the non-media sharing files (anything over
regular file sharing) on the x64 machine without issue. The only thing which
was inaccessible was the media shared through Media Players Media Sharing.
Password protected sharing was disabled and public folder sharing was
enabled, the machine was running Ultimate. Everything the x64 computer
indicated suggested that Media Sharing was working/running, it just wasn't
broadcasting over my network so the only thing I can think of is that it
wasn't binding to my network adapter correctly.

I've given up now trying to solve this problem, I've tried for months to
find a solution but I was unable to find anything which solved it. I
reformatted the machine last night and, as expected, media sharing works
fine now. The problem remains a mystery for the time being, I just hope it
doesn't happen again!

Thanks for the reply's Barb.

Andrew
 
I chanced the CPU and also had this problem. My computer can see the xbox
(but drops sharing imediately after activating sharing) but the xbox can't
see the computer. If you google this problem you see that it is a major
problem with Vista and I have tried every solution posted and none work.
Oddly Microsoft (who I believe invented both Vista and the Xbox) have no
solution. So I did the best I could. I went back to XP with Media Player 11
and all is well. I'll try Vista again in a year or so when MS gets it
sorted out.
 
All I can suggest is a DRM reset. While the title of this article
states Zune, scroll on down and read:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929642

I chanced the CPU and also had this problem. My computer can see the xbox
(but drops sharing imediately after activating sharing) but the xbox can't
see the computer. If you google this problem you see that it is a major
problem with Vista and I have tried every solution posted and none work.
Oddly Microsoft (who I believe invented both Vista and the Xbox) have no
solution. So I did the best I could. I went back to XP with Media Player 11
and all is well. I'll try Vista again in a year or so when MS gets it
sorted out.
Click to expand...
--

Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
 
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