Cannot turn on media streaming


  1. Posts : 23
    Windows 7 Professional 64bit
       #1

    Cannot turn on media streaming


    I have a home network setup and am running Windows 7 Pro on my main computer. I am trying to stream my media from this computer to other devices on the network and have successfully many times on this network, mainly to a Sony tv in the living room. I don't know when or what happened, but one day I tried to watch a video on my TV, and the Windows Media Server was unavailable.

    -Network is setup as a "Home" Network
    -I have Windows firewall turned off
    -Am running Norton 360 firewall instead of Windows firewall
    -Have reset Norton firewall to all the default settings (which I believe allows media sharing by default)
    -Have my libraries shared
    -But, here's the problem I believe- when I go to Windows Media Player to ensure Media streaming is enabled, a button says "Turn media streaming on", but when I press it, it grays out for a few seconds, like it is turing it on, but then dosen't change to "Turn media streaming off", nor do I get the button at the bottom to "Save" settings.

    I recently converted to a SSD drive for OS and seperate data drive in RAID0, so changed a regristry key to move the user files to another drive location (all programs and files open the way they should on the computer right now, and I believe media streamiing has worked since then.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.
      My Computer


  2. Posts : 8,870
    Windows 7 Ult, Windows 8.1 Pro,
       #2

    As far as I know Streaming in Windows 7 works perfectly, Norton on the other hand can create a great number of problems in this area.
      My Computer


  3. Posts : 3
    New Jersey Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
       #3

    Chris (or anyone)

    Did you get this figured out? I have same issue. I click on "Turn on Media Streaming", it greys out for a second then returns to original state and streaming is still off.
      My Computer


 

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