[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: 6,548 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 Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz (OC 3.60GHz) \| 2GB Corsair DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 RAM (4-4-4-12) \| PowerColor ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro Xtreme 512MB GDDR3 GPU \| 1xMaxtor DiamondMax 22 500GB & 4xMaxtor DiamondMax 21 250GB SATA HDDs \| Zalman CNPS9500 Heatsink + 6 LED Case Fans \| Corsair HX620W Modular PSU \| Enermax Black Knight (CS-527) Case \| Pioneer DVR-216 SATA 20x20 DVD±RW 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!