bet you cant help me with this problem!

**nick.arnott** · July 12th, 2003, 08:48 PM

i have 2 comps with XP pro. comp 1 is a laptop and has bad speakers and comp 2 has nice speakes. How can i play music over my network from comp 1 to comp 2's speakers without touching comp 2?

**dustyrun** · July 12th, 2003, 08:57 PM

How about sharing the folder that has your music in it over the network and then playing it from comp2?

Rick

**M_Six** · July 12th, 2003, 10:27 PM

That's what I told him in his other thread. What he wants to do is to play the music on the #2 PC without actually touching the #2 PC. Short of using VNC or something, I don't think it can be done.

No need for a new thread here, nick.

**NeoStarO1** · July 12th, 2003, 10:36 PM

Well the only way I can see how he can play his music without touching his comp2 is to set it up with taskmanager and have the task ran at specific times from that computer automatically. however in order to set it up he would have to "touch" comp2.

**cadetstimp** · July 13th, 2003, 06:50 AM

Have comp1 speaker out plug into Mic input on computer 2.

As long as computer 2 has mic unmuted in the volume control...it will work.

Only need 1 audio cable with stereo plugs on both ends.

**nick.arnott** · July 13th, 2003, 09:10 PM

good idea but i dont have a long enough cable

**crouse** · July 13th, 2003, 09:13 PM

radio shack sells adapters to extend this and the cables

would be under $10

**kwebb** · July 13th, 2003, 09:17 PM

Dustyrun gave you your answer. You'll have to touch the thing to share the folder or drive. Then map the drive on PC 2 and start playing your MP3's. Takes all of about 30 seconds for both PC's combined.

mickwish · July 13th, 2003, 09:30 PM

Can be done by using the Remote Management thing in winXP Pro, apparently, Was a thread about this somewhere here recently. I'll see if I can find it.

Cheers
Mick

mickwish · July 13th, 2003, 09:34 PM

Found it! Answer to your question can be found in here.

He wanted the opposite, but as you can see your way works as well with remote desktop.

Seems most things have been asked here at least once before.

Cheers
Mick

**nick.arnott** · July 14th, 2003, 11:25 AM

Thanks
I got it working

**sm8000** · July 14th, 2003, 08:34 PM

You could also set up a Shoutcast server on PC 1, start broadcasting, have PC 2 tune in via Winamp....minimal contact with PC 2 there.

**Siliconjunkie** · July 14th, 2003, 08:54 PM

There is also a winamp remote control program out there for Winamp 2.x so you can do shoutcast and be able to pick songs and such.

http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/pat.../winampremote/