[SOLVED] Media Sharing From PC to Xbox 360

cfs525 · 03-14-2008, 09:04 PM

Hi, I'm trying to use WMP 11 to get my music from my PC onto my Xbox 360 (I'm running Vista). When I go to the library tab and select media sharing, the two checkboxes are grayed out, and I can't click them. So I went to the networking button to try to enable media sharing because apparently my network settings aren't right for media sharing. So I see that the Media sharing option is off, and when I click it, the only option is a button that says "Change...". But when I click that, it brings me back to the media sharing dialogue box I got in WMP (with the 2 grayed out boxes)

. Which brings me here, can anyone help me out?

**nickster_uk** · 03-15-2008, 01:18 AM

Hi cfs525..

you probably just need to set your firewall up to allow media sharing...try temporarily disabling the firewall to see if that unlocks the media sharing settings.

Hope that helps

cfs525 · 03-15-2008, 08:14 AM

Yup Windows firewall was blocking it, thanks!

03-14-2008, 09:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
cfs525 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 37 OS: XP	[SOLVED] Media Sharing From PC to Xbox 360 Hi, I'm trying to use WMP 11 to get my music from my PC onto my Xbox 360 (I'm running Vista). When I go to the library tab and select media sharing, the two checkboxes are grayed out, and I can't click them. So I went to the networking button to try to enable media sharing because apparently my network settings aren't right for media sharing. So I see that the Media sharing option is off, and when I click it, the only option is a button that says "Change...". But when I click that, it brings me back to the media sharing dialogue box I got in WMP (with the 2 grayed out boxes). Which brings me here, can anyone help me out?

03-15-2008, 01:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
nickster_uk Moderator, Microsoft Support, Happy to support TSF! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 6,370 OS: XP Pro SP3, Vista Ultimate SP1, Ubuntu v8.04 My System	Re: Media Sharing From PC to Xbox 360 Hi cfs525.. you probably just need to set your firewall up to allow media sharing...try temporarily disabling the firewall to see if that unlocks the media sharing settings. Hope that helps __________________ My system: ASUS P5K-E WiFi \| Intel(R) P35 Chipset \| Intel(R) Core2Duo 'Conroe' E6600 2.4GHz (OC to 3.60GHz) \| 2GB Corsair DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 RAM (4-4-4-12) \| PowerColor ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro Xtreme 512MB GDDR3 GPU \| 1x Maxtor DiamondMax 22 500GB & 2xMaxtor DiamondMax 21 250GB SATA HDDs \| NEC AD-7170A 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter \| Zalman CNPS9500 Processor Fan + 4 LED Case Fans \| Enermax Black Knight (CS-527) Case In a world without walls or fences - who needs Windows and Gates?

03-15-2008, 08:14 AM	#3 (permalink)
cfs525 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 37 OS: XP	Re: Media Sharing From PC to Xbox 360 Yup Windows firewall was blocking it, thanks!