"pad" <p**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3043392B-287A-4118-A619-95E015A3E358@microsoft.com...
>I have a hard wired desktop and wireless laptop.  They are connected
>through
> a network and everything is working great as far as using the net and
> sharing
> a hard drive located on the desktop.
>
> My desktop has a TV card and I would like to access it though my laptop.
> I
> tried using the share files stuff and making a short cut on the laptop to
> the
> shared file (to launch the TV program) but Win XP home doesn't let you
> share
> the program files and the windows directory.   So....
>
> If I install the TV card software on my laptop, is there a way to access
> the
> desktop TV card by setting up the TV card as "shared"?  Is it possible to
> share a card like that installed in the desktop?
>

"Dave B." wrote:

> Most hardware doesn't work that way, you can't just share most add in cards
> like that. It's very unlikely that that type of usage is possible. The
> hardware and drivers must support network sharing.
>
> "pad" <p**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3043392B-287A-4118-A619-95E015A3E358@microsoft.com...
> >I have a hard wired desktop and wireless laptop.  They are connected
> >through
> > a network and everything is working great as far as using the net and
> > sharing
> > a hard drive located on the desktop.
> >
> > My desktop has a TV card and I would like to access it though my laptop.
> > I
> > tried using the share files stuff and making a short cut on the laptop to
> > the
> > shared file (to launch the TV program) but Win XP home doesn't let you
> > share
> > the program files and the windows directory.   So....
> >
> > If I install the TV card software on my laptop, is there a way to access
> > the
> > desktop TV card by setting up the TV card as "shared"?  Is it possible to
> > share a card like that installed in the desktop?
> >
>
>
>