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However, iTunes also lets you share media files with Macs running iTunes and play the media
files those Macs are sharing.
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Step 2: Share Music and Video Files
via Windows Media Player
Unless you??™ve installed an operating system other than Windows on your PC (see
Project 23 for suggestions), the chances are high that you??™ve got Windows Media
Player installed on your computer. Windows Media Player is a friendly program that
wants to help you share your computer??™s music and video files with other computers
on the same network??”and enjoy the files that they??™re sharing. Let??™s look at how you
set up Windows Media Player for sharing.
Understand How Windows Media Player Shares Files
Before you set up sharing on Windows Media Player, you need to know a little about
how it shares files.
First, you probably have your own user account, as every user should. The user
account lets you maintain your settings??”everything from your Desktop background
to where you position the Taskbar, from your screensaver to the items on the Start
menu??”independently from those of each of the other users.
Your user account contains a whole suite of folders in which Windows intends
you to store your files: Documents, Music, Pictures, Videos, and so on. Any files you
keep in the folders in your user account are private from other users??”unless they??™re
media files and you tell Windows Media Player to share them.
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