I have Vista Home Premium. I also have a XP Home machine as part of my
wireless home network and I'd like to be able to share my DVD drive (Vista
machine) with my XP Home machine. I have some file that are on the DVD but
my XP machine does not have a DVD drive.

Can I do this and, if so, how in Vista (and in XP)?

Thanks!
Walter

Sure. I am accessing the DVD in Vista from my windows 2003. To do that, right click on the DVD drive and select shareAdvanced sharing.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Walter Cohen" wrote in message ...
I have Vista Home Premium. I also have a XP Home machine as part of my
wireless home network and I'd like to be able to share my DVD drive (Vista
machine) with my XP Home machine. I have some file that are on the DVD but
my XP machine does not have a DVD drive.

Can I do this and, if so, how in Vista (and in XP)?

Thanks!
Walter

Ok, did that and on the XP machine I can "see" the Vista machine on the network but when double-clicked it states I don't have the right permissions to access the machine and to contact the network admin.
Do I also need to do something else on the XP machine (from it's admin account....as I want the standard user to be able to see the DVD drive)?

Thanks,
Walter
"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote in message ...
Sure. I am accessing the DVD in Vista from my windows 2003. To do that, right click on the DVD drive and select shareAdvanced sharing.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Walter Cohen" wrote in message ...
I have Vista Home Premium. I also have a XP Home machine as part of my
wireless home network and I'd like to be able to share my DVD drive (Vista
machine) with my XP Home machine. I have some file that are on the DVD but
my XP machine does not have a DVD drive.

Can I do this and, if so, how in Vista (and in XP)?

Thanks!
Walter

If you add the same username on both computers that should work.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Walter Cohen" wrote in message ...
Ok, did that and on the XP machine I can "see" the Vista machine on the network but when double-clicked it states I don't have the right permissions to access the machine and to contact the network admin.
Do I also need to do something else on the XP machine (from it's admin account....as I want the standard user to be able to see the DVD drive)?

Thanks,
Walter
"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote in message ...
Sure. I am accessing the DVD in Vista from my windows 2003. To do that, right click on the DVD drive and select shareAdvanced sharing.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Walter Cohen" wrote in message ...
I have Vista Home Premium. I also have a XP Home machine as part of my
wireless home network and I'd like to be able to share my DVD drive (Vista
machine) with my XP Home machine. I have some file that are on the DVD but
my XP machine does not have a DVD drive.

Can I do this and, if so, how in Vista (and in XP)?

Thanks!
Walter

I, too, am trying to share my DVD burner on my new Vista machine with my
networked Windows XP machine.

Likewise, when I try to access it from the XP machine via my network, I get
the message "DVD Drive is not accessible. You might not have permissions to
use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find
out if you have access permissions. The device is not ready".

The DVD burner works fine on the host PC.

What could be wrong?
What does the "administator" function do and is that me????

The reply said "If you add the same username on both computers that should
work". I'm not even sure what you mean by that - please explain.

Thanks!!

Dale


"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

If you add the same username on both computers that should work.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Walter Cohen" wrote in message ...
Ok, did that and on the XP machine I can "see" the Vista machine on the network but when double-clicked it states I don't have the right permissions to access the machine and to contact the network admin.
Do I also need to do something else on the XP machine (from it's admin account....as I want the standard user to be able to see the DVD drive)?

Thanks,
Walter
"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote in message ...
Sure. I am accessing the DVD in Vista from my windows 2003. To do that, right click on the DVD drive and select shareAdvanced sharing.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Walter Cohen" wrote in message ...
I have Vista Home Premium. I also have a XP Home machine as part of my
wireless home network and I'd like to be able to share my DVD drive (Vista
machine) with my XP Home machine. I have some file that are on the DVD but
my XP machine does not have a DVD drive.

Can I do this and, if so, how in Vista (and in XP)?

Thanks!
Walter

I believe what Robert meant was to make sure you have matching accounts on
both PCs. For example, if your login account on your Vista PC is "Dale" and
your password is "123dale", then you should have/create an account on the XP
machine with a login name of "Dale" and a password of "123dale".

Tim

"Dale" wrote in message
...
I, too, am trying to share my DVD burner on my new Vista machine with my
networked Windows XP machine.

Likewise, when I try to access it from the XP machine via my network, I
get
the message "DVD Drive is not accessible. You might not have permissions
to
use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to
find
out if you have access permissions. The device is not ready".

The DVD burner works fine on the host PC.

What could be wrong?
What does the "administator" function do and is that me????

The reply said "If you add the same username on both computers that should
work". I'm not even sure what you mean by that - please explain.

Thanks!!

Dale


"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

If you add the same username on both computers that should work.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Walter Cohen" wrote in message
...
Ok, did that and on the XP machine I can "see" the Vista machine on the
network but when double-clicked it states I don't have the right
permissions to access the machine and to contact the network admin.
Do I also need to do something else on the XP machine (from it's admin
account....as I want the standard user to be able to see the DVD drive)?

Thanks,
Walter
"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote in message
...
Sure. I am accessing the DVD in Vista from my windows 2003. To do
that, right click on the DVD drive and select shareAdvanced sharing.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Walter Cohen" wrote in message
...
I have Vista Home Premium. I also have a XP Home machine as part
of my
wireless home network and I'd like to be able to share my DVD drive
(Vista
machine) with my XP Home machine. I have some file that are on the
DVD but
my XP machine does not have a DVD drive.

Can I do this and, if so, how in Vista (and in XP)?

Thanks!
Walter

On Sun, 20 May 2007 12:28:00 -0700, Dale wrote:

"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

If you add the same username on both computers that should work.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Walter Cohen" wrote in message ...
Ok, did that and on the XP machine I can "see" the Vista machine on the network but when double-clicked it states I don't have the right permissions to access the machine and to contact the network admin.
Do I also need to do something else on the XP machine (from it's admin account....as I want the standard user to be able to see the DVD drive)?

Thanks,
Walter
"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote in message ...
Sure. I am accessing the DVD in Vista from my windows 2003. To do that, right click on the DVD drive and select shareAdvanced sharing.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Walter Cohen" wrote in message ...
I have Vista Home Premium. I also have a XP Home machine as part of my
wireless home network and I'd like to be able to share my DVD drive (Vista
machine) with my XP Home machine. I have some file that are on the DVD but
my XP machine does not have a DVD drive.

Can I do this and, if so, how in Vista (and in XP)?

Thanks!
Walter


I, too, am trying to share my DVD burner on my new Vista machine with my
networked Windows XP machine.

Likewise, when I try to access it from the XP machine via my network, I get
the message "DVD Drive is not accessible. You might not have permissions to
use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find
out if you have access permissions. The device is not ready".

The DVD burner works fine on the host PC.

What could be wrong?
What does the "administator" function do and is that me????

The reply said "If you add the same username on both computers that should
work". I'm not even sure what you mean by that - please explain.

Thanks!!

Dale

Dale,

Does the manual or spec sheet for the drive state that it's network accessible?
Ability to share any computer accessory doesn't come automatically. Things like
writable drives, fax machines, scanners, and similar accessories aren't always
sharable because the manufacturer doesn't make them network usable when they
write the drivers.

If you want to operate a DVD burner through the network, use Remote Desktop,
VNC, or a similar desktop sharing product.

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actual address pchuck mvps org.

I am also trying to share the DVD-RW drive on the Vista machine with my
other XP machine. The sharing is happening fine (using advanced sharing
in Vista), but my XP machine doesn't understand that this drive is a DVD
drive. Hence, I am unable to read it or write into it. Can someone help?


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namit

namit;4244781 Wrote:
I am also trying to share the DVD-RW drive on the Vista machine with my
other XP machine. The sharing is happening fine (using advanced
sharing
in Vista), but my XP machine doesn't understand that this drive is a
DVD
drive. Hence, I am unable to read it or write into it. Can someone
help?


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namit

Namit-You won't be able to burn to a shared DVD drive, since it's
exposed to other machines on the network as a Network drive. The client
machines have no idea what the underlying hardware architecture is-for
all they know it could be a an old Jaz drive connected on the parallel
port. The sharing machine exposes the drive as a SHARE...not a DRIVE.
Important distinction.

AFAIK, there's no way to do what you're trying to do (though there may
be hardware/software solutions out there that do provide
burn-via-network support).

good luck.


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Is the sharing option enable on the DVD drive? You can do so by right
clicking the dvd drive and choose shareadvanced sharing follow by checking
the share this folder box and hit apply and ok

If there's isn't any share option when you did a right click on the dvd
drive, go to network and sharingmedia sharing and turn it on

Hope the above help

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