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    how to play movies from another computer's hard drive

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by clk500stock, Apr 20, 2009.

  1. clk500stock

    clk500stock Notebook Enthusiast

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    i have a 2 laptops and a linksys router
    both laptop with vista

    i just wonder how to play movies from the other computer's hdd (wirelessly)
    (not download and play)

    plz provide me a detail setting,
    although i did alot of searching, that makes me confusing more lol
    thx a lot
     
    clk500stock, Apr 20, 2009
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  2. Limpman

    Limpman Notebook Consultant

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    turn on file sharing function on.
     
    Limpman, Apr 20, 2009
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  3. clk500stock

    clk500stock Notebook Enthusiast

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    i did turn on file sharing and discovery, but how to find it from the other laptop?
    thx man
     
    clk500stock, Apr 20, 2009
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  4. jackluo923

    jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Nice picture in your signature. :D Rock Paper Sissors :p

    Anyways... is one computer Vista and the other XP?
     
    jackluo923, Apr 20, 2009
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    if its Vista you can enable Media Sharing , this will make all shared folders to displayed in other Networked system's Windows Media Player

    but if its XP then you need to manually look for it under Network Neighborhoods
     
    vinumsv, Apr 20, 2009
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