Can't turn on sharing in WPM11 & Vista

When I click the Library tab of WPM11 to "Share Media" I get the following
message.

....Media sharing has been turned off because a required Windows setting or
component has changed. For additional assistance, click Web Help.

I done everything it has asked. I don't where or what to check anymore. I
just wan't to allow my Roku network music player. It was all working
fine...and puff...no more! I didn't install anything and I've check for
virus. Can anyone please help?

On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:58:03 -0800, DB <DB@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>When I click the Library tab of WPM11 to "Share Media" I get the following
>message.
>
>...Media sharing has been turned off because a required Windows setting or
>component has changed. For additional assistance, click Web Help.
>
>I done everything it has asked. I don't where or what to check anymore. I
>just wan't to allow my Roku network music player. It was all working
>fine...and puff...no more! I didn't install anything and I've check for
>virus. Can anyone please help?



In Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services, check you have
all of these services enabled and Started (and set to Start on boot) :


Windows media player network sharing services
SSDP Discovery Service
Universal Plug & Play device host
HTTP SSL service


Oh - BTW, any chance this PC has been updated from XP to Vista ?
Or was it a clean install of Vista...

HTH
Cheers - Neil
------------------------------------------------
Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:

> On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:58:03 -0800, DB <DB@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
>
> >When I click the Library tab of WPM11 to "Share Media" I get the following
> >message.
> >
> >...Media sharing has been turned off because a required Windows setting or
> >component has changed. For additional assistance, click Web Help.
> >
> >I done everything it has asked. I don't where or what to check anymore. I
> >just wan't to allow my Roku network music player. It was all working
> >fine...and puff...no more! I didn't install anything and I've check for
> >virus. Can anyone please help?
>
>
>
> In Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services, check you have
> all of these services enabled and Started (and set to Start on boot) :
>
>
> Windows media player network sharing services
> SSDP Discovery Service
> Universal Plug & Play device host
> HTTP SSL service
>
>
> Oh - BTW, any chance this PC has been updated from XP to Vista ?
> Or was it a clean install of Vista...
>
> HTH
> Cheers - Neil
> ------------------------------------------------
> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs


I checked these settings and the Universal Plug & Play device host
HTTP SSL service we no listed in the services?? Vista was pre installed on
this new pc...thanks
>

But I'm running XP. I've Rollback WMP back to 9 that my computer came with and then reinstalled everything with no success. How do we fix this?

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Simply go to

C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Media Player

and deleting all the files there. Then start up Windows Media Player. Re-specify which folders you want to watch, and let it re-create your library. Then you can start sharing again, and re-register you Xbox 360 as a Media Center Extender.

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Simply go to

C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Media Player

and deleting all the files there. Then start up Windows Media Player. Re-specify which folders you want to watch, and let it re-create your library. Then you can start sharing again, and re-register you Xbox 360 as a Media Center Extender.

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