Installing Simplify Media on Windows XP or Vista

Download and run SimplifyMediaSetup.exe.

Start Simplify Media and review the software license.

Create your free account by entering a screen name and password. Use your same screen name to sign in on your other computers.

Add an email address and a name for this computer. Your email address is used to send you a new password in case you forget yours.

Final set-up step: pick music to share. Only you and the people you invite can stream music from your computer.

You can select folders, your iTunes library, your Winamp library or nothing at all. If you pick your iTunes or Winamp libraries, playlists are shared automatically.

Note: it will take several minutes for your songs to start to be available, and it may take an hour or more for the scan process to complete if your library is very large.

The Media List displays the status of the computers you are connected to.

To access more music, invite friends (limit 30).

To chat with friends, click on their names. The Messages tab lets you see when others are playing your music.

To play music, open iTunes or Winamp. Remote libraries appear under Shared in iTunes and Simplify Media in Winamp.

Tip 1: use iTunes search and browse to explore large libraries.

Tip 2: use the playlist editor in Winamp to customize playback.