Media Device appearing on other devices

I am trying to get my laptop to appear as a media device on my girlfriends
laptop, as well as my ps3. Here's what works so far:

The PS3 can see only "books-PC"
Brooks-PC can only see Brooks-PC
Seans-PC can see both my pc and Brooks-PC

im reffering to when you click on your netork tab and you can see the media
devices)

Both laptops are windows 7 Brooks-PC is professional, and Seans-PC is home
premium.

I have already, on both computers, got the homegroup set up, and file
sharing turned on, and media streaming turned on. i have followed all the
help tuturials that come with windows and followed the steps, but for some
reason, Seans-PC is still not able to be seen as a media device by Brooks-PC
or the PS3... However, on both laptops, i can see both computers under the
"computers" section of your networking screen...

Both laptops have wmp 12, if you need any other information let me know,
this is just really stumping me, especially becuase brooks-pc is working
fine, and i am the one who set it up lol

Those are the setting that i have already set up, on all pc's... When i look
at my network map, all devices are there My pc, Brooks PC as well as the
PS3... but under media devices, the only thing that shows up is Brooks PC...
Also Very wierd, but all of a sudden it started working after a reboot of the
system for about 5 minutes, then all of a sudden i got dlna protocal error
2104 on the PS3, and it stopped working again, and havent been able to get it
again since

"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:

> On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 10:38:01 -0700, Sean22
> <> wrote:
>
> >I am trying to get my laptop to appear as a media device on my girlfriends
> >laptop, as well as my ps3. Here's what works so far:
> >
> >The PS3 can see only "books-PC"
> >Brooks-PC can only see Brooks-PC
> >Seans-PC can see both my pc and Brooks-PC
> >
> >im reffering to when you click on your netork tab and you can see the media
> >devices)
> >
> >Both laptops are windows 7 Brooks-PC is professional, and Seans-PC is home
> >premium.
> >
> >I have already, on both computers, got the homegroup set up, and file
> >sharing turned on, and media streaming turned on. i have followed all the
> >help tuturials that come with windows and followed the steps, but for some
> >reason, Seans-PC is still not able to be seen as a media device by Brooks-PC
> >or the PS3... However, on both laptops, i can see both computers under the
> >"computers" section of your networking screen...
> >
> >Both laptops have wmp 12, if you need any other information let me know,
> >this is just really stumping me, especially becuase brooks-pc is working
> >fine, and i am the one who set it up lol
>
>
> Hi it sounds like you've gone round in circles a bit there, but it's
> probably still worth looking at the settings you do have on Seans PC
>
> If you headed to Control Panel -> Network and Internet -> Homegroup,
> most of the settings you need are in there.
>
> You'd want to share libraries (music, videos, probably pictures) and
> have the checkbox 'Share media with devices' checked.
>
> File (document) sharing is mostly unrelated to media sharing - the
> streaming feature is distinct from seeing files on the other PC
>
> Then hit 'Choose media streaming options' on that page, on Brooks PC
>
> You should see 'Show devices on local network' assuming the other PCs
> and PS3 are actually on the same network. Check the setting dropdown
> for 'All Networks' and see if any other devices show up.
>
> Can you see Brooks PC and the PS3 in the list, when they've been
> switched on for a few minutes ?
>
> What you want there is to ensure that devices are listed, and that
> they're set to 'Allowed'. Also, hover over each device listed, click
> Customise and try unchecking 'Use default settings' and switch it to
> 'Make all of the media...' and 'All ratings' accses.
>
> Does any of that help - do the settings differ from what I'm guessing?
>
> Cheers - Neil
> ------------------------------------------------
> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2010
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
> .
>