The home sharing option disappears. ??

I have two PCs and I am trying to turn on the home sharing and I go through the steps until it says "Home sharing is now on." etc. and the button says "done" and if I click it, the home sharing option on the left disappears. Why!?

check out these links:
Troubleshooting security software issues
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
and, last but not least, see this discussion concerning bonjour being the culprit.

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