Share screen crash

Hi All,
Thanks in advance for help. I just bought a new Mac mini. The plan was to use it as a iTunes server for appleTV. I set it up using hdmi connected to flat screen, but planned to control it when necessary from my Mac desktop. Not particularly savvy with computers, but share screen seems simple. I just can't get it to work.
I turned on sharing for the mac mini. The mac mini shows up in my finder and it seems like I can access files, but when I try to share screen it just says "connecting..." Cancel is grayed out and it doesn't show up in the Force Quit menu. I have to reboot.
I used the same admin name and password on both machines. Could that cause a problem? When the share screen password screen comes up it pre-populates with my first name. If I add my last name I get an error. If I simply enter my password I get the infinite connecting loop.
Any suggestions?
best regards,
ralph

incidentally, I've been able to connect to two other macbooks. I just can't connect to the mac mini. Any known issues or recommendations? Thanks again.

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