360 and Vista

360 and Vista

Before I sent the console for repairs (3 red lights and so on) I had the 
media sharing working just fine. After I got the machine back (with the 
motherboard replaced) I cannot get it work. The PC sees the XBox on the 
network, but 360 just doens't find the PC, no matter what I do...

Any ideas?

date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 11:28:02 +0200 author: MS

Re: 360 and Vista

The Xbox 360 not seeing the PC is probably either a software firewall or 
antivirus software (Norton, McAfee) blocking the access.  Try adjusting that 
software to "allow" the Xbox 360, and you should be good to go.  If none of 
that applies, check the System/Networking blade of the Xbox 360 and make 
sure it is receiving an IP address which is within your Local Area Network 
(something like 192.x.x.x).  If it has a 169.x.x.x address, it isn't part of 
the LAN so can't be sharing files.
-- 
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
http://forums.mobilepcworld.net
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

"MS"  wrote in message 
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> Before I sent the console for repairs (3 red lights and so on) I had the 
> media sharing working just fine. After I got the machine back (with the 
> motherboard replaced) I cannot get it work. The PC sees the XBox on the 
> network, but 360 just doens't find the PC, no matter what I do...
>
> Any ideas?

date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 09:52:37 -0800 author: Chris H

Re: 360 and Vista

I'm using Vista's firewall, so shouldn't that automaticly open the 
nescessary ports when eneabling media sharing?

And yes, the IP address 360 gets is within the LAN.

"Chris H"  wrote in message 
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> The Xbox 360 not seeing the PC is probably either a software firewall or 
> antivirus software (Norton, McAfee) blocking the access.  Try adjusting 
> that software to "allow" the Xbox 360, and you should be good to go.  If 
> none of that applies, check the System/Networking blade of the Xbox 360 
> and make sure it is receiving an IP address which is within your Local 
> Area Network (something like 192.x.x.x).  If it has a 169.x.x.x address, 
> it isn't part of the LAN so can't be sharing files.
> -- 
> Chris H.
> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
> http://forums.mobilepcworld.net
> Associate Expert
> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
> "MS"  wrote in message 
> news:4753cc23$0$11164$4d4eb98e@read.news.fi.uu.net...
>> Before I sent the console for repairs (3 red lights and so on) I had the 
>> media sharing working just fine. After I got the machine back (with the 
>> motherboard replaced) I cannot get it work. The PC sees the XBox on the 
>> network, but 360 just doens't find the PC, no matter what I do...
>>
>> Any ideas?
>

date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 09:43:01 +0200 author: MS

Re: 360 and Vista

What services need to be running on the PC in order for media sharing to 
work?

date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 10:42:21 +0200 author: MS

Re: 360 and Vista

Here are the results of a search in the Xbox Support section on xbox.com: 
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/search.aspx?keyword=windows+firewall&x=15&y=5  I 
would take a good look at the first result - disregard the reference to 
media connect, same thing - and also make sure UPnP is enabled on your 
router.  If this information doesn't help, call 1-800-4MY-XBOX and have one 
of the tech guide you through the process live.
-- 
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
http://forums.mobilepcworld.net
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

"MS"  wrote in message 
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> I'm using Vista's firewall, so shouldn't that automaticly open the 
> nescessary ports when eneabling media sharing?
>
> And yes, the IP address 360 gets is within the LAN.
>
> "Chris H"  wrote in message 
> news:FEC59F41-D314-4D8F-8657-FF23F69D37DE@microsoft.com...
>> The Xbox 360 not seeing the PC is probably either a software firewall or 
>> antivirus software (Norton, McAfee) blocking the access.  Try adjusting 
>> that software to "allow" the Xbox 360, and you should be good to go.  If 
>> none of that applies, check the System/Networking blade of the Xbox 360 
>> and make sure it is receiving an IP address which is within your Local 
>> Area Network (something like 192.x.x.x).  If it has a 169.x.x.x address, 
>> it isn't part of the LAN so can't be sharing files.
>> -- 
>> Chris H.
>> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
>> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>> http://forums.mobilepcworld.net
>> Associate Expert
>> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>
>> "MS"  wrote in message 
>> news:4753cc23$0$11164$4d4eb98e@read.news.fi.uu.net...
>>> Before I sent the console for repairs (3 red lights and so on) I had the 
>>> media sharing working just fine. After I got the machine back (with the 
>>> motherboard replaced) I cannot get it work. The PC sees the XBox on the 
>>> network, but 360 just doens't find the PC, no matter what I do...
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>

date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 07:08:26 -0800 author: Chris H

Re: 360 and Vista - finally working again

Ok, finally got this working again. Here's how, in case someone else has 
similar problems;

I noticed on the event log error 14344:

"A new media server was not initialized because WMCreateDeviceRegistration() 
encountered error '0x80070057'. The Windows Media DRM components on your 
computer might be corrupted. Verify that protected files play correctly in 
Windows Media Player, and then restart the WMPNetworkSvc service."

I searched the net for this, and found this:

http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=686560

After checking the registry I found that on my machine the setting pointed 
to:

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\DRM

This folder was there, but maybe one of the files was corrupted? I moved 
everything from the folder to a temp folder and then restarted the service, 
and Voila! Now everything works again.

-Mikko

"MS"  wrote in message 
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> What services need to be running on the PC in order for media sharing to 
> work?

date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 11:24:29 +0200 author: MS

Re: 360 and Vista - finally working again

I had problems at first myself.  I had to track down the problem and I 
figured it out.  Sometimes it just takes a little time and effort.


"MS"  wrote in message 
news:dBV5j.262120$Nz2.189292@reader1.news.saunalahti.fi...
> Ok, finally got this working again. Here's how, in case someone else has 
> similar problems;
>
> I noticed on the event log error 14344:
>
> "A new media server was not initialized because 
> WMCreateDeviceRegistration() encountered error '0x80070057'. The Windows 
> Media DRM components on your computer might be corrupted. Verify that 
> protected files play correctly in Windows Media Player, and then restart 
> the WMPNetworkSvc service."
>
> I searched the net for this, and found this:
>
> http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=686560
>
> After checking the registry I found that on my machine the setting pointed 
> to:
>
> C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\DRM
>
> This folder was there, but maybe one of the files was corrupted? I moved 
> everything from the folder to a temp folder and then restarted the 
> service, and Voila! Now everything works again.
>
> -Mikko
>
> "MS"  wrote in message 
> news:475512f0$1$425$4d4eb98e@read.news.fi.uu.net...
>> What services need to be running on the PC in order for media sharing to 
>> work?
>

date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:35:07 -0800 author: JBDragon