How do i share with my 2nd PC ?

photoshop · 4 Jun 2008 at 23:12

Hi,

I'm constructing a mini-pc to go in my home theatre room. It will be tucked away under the TV. It will be used to surf the internet aswell as act as a 2nd PC which my other family members will use.

I have wireless (broadband) setup at the moment and its working without a problem with my PS3.
I am able to share movies and music with the PS3 using WMP 11 (which is acting as a media server) which are stored on the main PC in the bed room.

What i would like to do is give the mini-pc access to those directories (music and movie folders that i have selected to be shared) just like the PS3 has.

How do i go about it? Do i need some sort of application?

PS. The mini PC will be kitted with a Netgear WPN311 108Mbps RangeMax Wireless Desktop PCI Network Adapter

tolien · 4 Jun 2008 at 23:19

If they're just shared folders, it'll access them fine with Windows.

photoshop · 4 Jun 2008 at 23:35

tolien said:
If they're just shared folders, it'll access them fine with Windows.

where in wondows would i go to though?
sorry im a noob at this

tolien · 4 Jun 2008 at 23:43

My Network Places/Network, or whatever it's called. You might that takes ages to catch up though, so start -> run -> \\[machine's name] or \\[machine's ip] should work quicker.