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Sharing music/photo's on network
Hey all,
Okay, I've had Windows 7 on my laptop for a long time now, but my desktop was always Windows Vista. I just recently got a new 3TB harddrive for christmas, and decided to finally upgrade to Windows 7. (Yes I know Windows 8 just came out, but I have no interest in Windows 8)
Anyway, I can't get my Windows 7 setup to share music/photo's.. It use to be a fairly easy process, but I guess microsoft has now made it "Easy", which means it's somehow more confusing!
Anyway, I don't want to use homegroup because, while I have 1 laptop and 1 desktop that is Window 7, I have another laptop that is Windows XP, a PS3, a Denon HT Reciever, etc that I want to be able to share my music and photo's...
Since I installed Windows 7 on my desktop, I can no longer get my PS3 or my laptop running XP to share my music/photos, My PS3 "See's" my desktop, but doesn't find any content, my Windows XP latop, doesn't even see my desktop on the network.
I tried going into -->Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing Center\Advanced sharing settings in windows 7 and tried the turn "on" network discovery, file & printer sharing, etc, which are all currently "Off"
But after I turn them "on" and click "Save Changes" I go back in and they are all "Off" again.
So now I'm stuck? What do I do to fix this? So far Windows 7 runs ALOT after than my Vista did, but as usual Microsoft makes simple things 10x more complex than they need to be calling it "easier".
Thanks in advance for the help!
-ThaChad