Me and my roommates have 3 computers, 2 are connected with wireless, and the other one is plugged into the router. 2 have vista and one has XP. How can i make the music folders on each computer shared, so I can just drag songs off the other computers onto mine? I tried networking it and it always ask for a password to access the other computers. How would I do this using XP and Vista ? Thanks!
You can try foldershare
http://www.foldershare.com
This program syncs folders between multiple computers and whats kinda cool is that you can invite ANYONE to access your files. However, you can define what kind of access he/she has. I run an anime group with it, and of course I want my admins and contributers to have write rights, but I don’t want the people who just download to have delete or change or add rights. It works rather well. You could each share your music folders with each other, or you could make one massive folder.
On a side note, foldershare is a great way to share things like My Documents across multiple computers. I have 5 computers and it is nice to have all my documents on every machine.
What is even cooler is that I have a remote machine set up and all it does is download my documents and music. Then, if I ever have to wipe a computer, I just install foldershare and point everything to the folders I want them to go to. In about an hour, i have everything back.
4 Comments to 'How do I network music folders between 3 computers?'
August 30, 2009
Use Hamachi
Its a LAN creating Unit used to connect PC’s Together.. used mainly for online lan play but it does this basically pretty well.
https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/vpn.asp?lang=en
Create a network after you install.
for info on how to lan your PC’s for file sharing :
https://forums.hamachi.cc/viewtopic.php?t=6337
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August 30, 2009
Start with the folder that has the most songs and space available. Set the shared permissions on it.
On the other 2 computers use the option to "map network drive" and create an icon somewhere and then at that point you will only be using one folder.
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August 30, 2009
You can try foldershare
http://www.foldershare.com
This program syncs folders between multiple computers and whats kinda cool is that you can invite ANYONE to access your files. However, you can define what kind of access he/she has. I run an anime group with it, and of course I want my admins and contributers to have write rights, but I don’t want the people who just download to have delete or change or add rights. It works rather well. You could each share your music folders with each other, or you could make one massive folder.
On a side note, foldershare is a great way to share things like My Documents across multiple computers. I have 5 computers and it is nice to have all my documents on every machine.
What is even cooler is that I have a remote machine set up and all it does is download my documents and music. Then, if I ever have to wipe a computer, I just install foldershare and point everything to the folders I want them to go to. In about an hour, i have everything back.
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Computer Tech
August 30, 2009
You can use a shared folder on the network so all computers can access it.
Search for how to use shared folders on google for more info
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