Remote Disc (Non-air macbook)

I understand they added DVD/CD sharing (remote disc) in 10.5.2, but how do I get this to work with a PC? (I haven't tried it w/ a mac either, I only have 1 mac and 2 PCs)
P.S. I know you may find this completely unnecessary, but I'm interested out of pure curiousity

Hi and welcome to Discussions,
have a look here http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307141 and here http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307317
Since the 'CD and DVD sharing' software for Windows is not avaiable standalone, but part of the MacBook Air OSX DVD, other Macs are currently left out.
Regards
Stefan

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