Media Sharing with WMP 11 with an XP PC

> M. Krantz,
>
> Thanks for your post. I'm sorry you're having trouble.
>
> Sharing, permissions, and access have changed a bit in Vista to allow for
> greater security by default. Please review this TechNet article for the
> improvements in Vista, and for details on sharing:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/net.../vista_fp.mspx
>
> Please review that article, and follow the steps. Let us know if you still
> experience problems.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> "M. Krantz" wrote:
>

> > I'd like to stream MP3s stored on my desktop PC running Vista with my laptop
> > running Windows XP SP2.
> >
> > On the XP laptop, using WMP 11, I select "media sharing" under the "library"
> > option. But my Vista machine doesn't show up in the "share my media to:"
> > list. I have turned on "media sharing" in the sharing section in the control
> > panel on the Vista PC.
> >
> > What's strange is it works in the other direction: my Vista machine can
> > stream the music stored on the XP laptop.
> >
> > Is this normal? Any on how to make the XP laptop "see" the Vista machine.