XP pc showing up as a Media Device

Here's another Vista/XP networking issue...

I have a Dell XP pc which has all my pictures on it and other stuff thati
want to acess which are all in folders with sharing turned on. I can't see
any of these in the network app of Vista. Instead, the Dell shows up as a
Media Device, and I guess its only looking for the media in the MS Shared
Folders.

The Dell is running some media server software, but it is not running Media
Center. I'd rather it didn't show up as a Media Device and just show up as a
computer with shared folders. Vista help did not seem helpful.

How can I change the Dell from a Media Device to just a regular Computer?

Thanks,
Joe

i'm having the same problem.

i've FINALLY got the map network drive to show the dell PC running XP but
when I try to access it, it won't respond.

"joe from nj" wrote:

> Here's another Vista/XP networking issue...
>
> I have a Dell XP pc which has all my pictures on it and other stuff thati
> want to acess which are all in folders with sharing turned on. I can't see
> any of these in the network app of Vista. Instead, the Dell shows up as a
> Media Device, and I guess its only looking for the media in the MS Shared
> Folders.
>
> The Dell is running some media server software, but it is not running Media
> Center. I'd rather it didn't show up as a Media Device and just show up as a
> computer with shared folders. Vista help did not seem helpful.
>
> How can I change the Dell from a Media Device to just a regular Computer?
>
> Thanks,
> Joe

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"joe from nj" wrote:

> Here's another Vista/XP networking issue...
>
> I have a Dell XP pc which has all my pictures on it and other stuff thati
> want to acess which are all in folders with sharing turned on. I can't see
> any of these in the network app of Vista. Instead, the Dell shows up as a
> Media Device, and I guess its only looking for the media in the MS Shared
> Folders.
>
> The Dell is running some media server software, but it is not running Media
> Center. I'd rather it didn't show up as a Media Device and just show up as a
> computer with shared folders. Vista help did not seem helpful.
>
> How can I change the Dell from a Media Device to just a regular Computer?
>
> Thanks,
> Joe

Joe:
I am having the same problem with my xp computer, i have 3 computers
networked, 2 with xp both pc's and my laptop has vista on it....both of the
other computers show up as media devices....since dec. have not been able to
find out how to correct this situation....need to be able to access files on
pc's from my laptop....but can only access photos....ms has not been very
helpful or forthcoming with a solution for this problem.