How to make Windows 8 accessible by media players

Hi guys,

I can't seem to access my Windows 8 PC via SMB from my Dune media player directly (or any other media player for that matter) - if I map a specific location on my media player it does work. However, I did not have this problem under Windows 7 - is there a particular setting I have to change? (I know it isn't a sharing). I know in windows 7 I had to uninstall windows live login assistant for it to work properly - is there something along those lines in windows 8?

Although I don't generally stream from my PC as I have a server for that but sometimes I need to access the odd file and would like to have the functionality.

Thanks, I'll give the app a shot. I think whomever was responsible for that bug in Win 7 addressed it as I didn't have to remove that for the last little while I had Windows 7 - prior to that WIndows 7 would automatically reinstall it on a periodic basis and I would have to uninstall it.

The Dune doesn't ask for anything unless you try to setup a manual share by entering in the name of the PC and the relevant folder - this process works for me without entering any user name and password as the folders are shared with everyone. The problem is that when I try to use the Dune's network navigator and I navigate to my PC it just shows up as empty - an issue I didn't have with Windows 7 and an issue I've never had with my WHS.