Re: In Library, Media sharing don't turn on

Peter,

Glad to hear you found the way, but for the benefit of the other guy
here is the solution I was given
but read the end of this post.

"I am assuming you have XP SP2. Go to Control Panel > Performance and
Mainenance > Administrative Tools > Services. Scroll down to the
Universal
Plug and Play Device Host Service. Check the status to see if it is
started
or not and that the startup type is manual.


If it is started then check and make sure the Windows Media Player
Network
Sharing service is started as well. If both are started, then it has
to be a
problem with your ports or firewall. Check the documentation of your
router
and make sure there really is no firewall. Sometimes they might not
call it a
firewall and say something about NAT or name translation. Either way,
if
there is a section in your router configuration that gives you the
ability to
do port forwading, then you have to set your ports there and turn off
Zone
Alarm.


If the services are stopped, then try to start them manually by
highlighting
them and hitting the play button at the top of the dialog. You will
have to
start the universal plug and play (uPnP) before starting the Windows
Media
Player Sharing.


If uPnP does not start, then right click on the service and go to
properties
and then the LogOn tab. Make sure the "This Account" radio button is
selected
and it says "NT AUTHORITY\LocalService" in the box next to that. I
don't
think you have to mess with the password part. After you Apply changes
and
exit out that dialog, try to start the uPnP service again. If it
starts then
go back to Media PLayer and start the Sharing service. This time it
should
work and the button won't just pop back up again. "

and

"I forgot to also mention the SSDP Discovery Service. That needs to
be
running for uPnP to run. You will probably want to set a restore point
first,
and then check the permissions on that service too.


The difference is that when I had the problem, the play button wasn't
grayed
out to start the uPnP service. I just kept getting a message that it
couldn't
start because a dependant service couldn't start. "

I found the posts between me and my helper are still on the newsgroups
(in Google) in microsoft.public.windowsmedia.player

Good luck

Nigel

P.S. I would be pleased to share ideas and experiences with using the
EX-811.
I find it ideal as a cheap wireless device for streaming pics, audio
and video around the house. The one downside is the fact that the
video I now find as to be in MPEG1 or 4! Around 95% of my (many)
videos are in MPEG3!!! So I have to do a real time convert on anything
I want to watch on the frame, a real bind.
The menu structure is a bit awkward but OK when you get used to it.
The buttons on the unit sometimes don't make contact which is a pain.
But I prefer using that and saving the remotes batteries for when I
really need it.
I have found when browsing networked PC's (from the frame) that the
number of levels it will go down and still play are quite limited. I
think it maybe just 4 or 5!!!




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