Apple TV2 doesn't work with Home Sharing

Internet works great (can access Netflix and rent movies on iTunes) but I can't connect to my computer. (I'm using Windows 7) Here's what I've tried...
1)Made sure I'm running the current version of iTunes.
2)Uninstalled Norton and made sure no firewalls are blocking anything.
3)Opened the two ports on my router that iTunes uses.
4)Reset my Apple TV.
5)Turned home sharing on and off and tried opening and closing iTunes.
6)Made sure all sharing is on in my iTunes preferences.
7)Plugged my Apple TV directly into my computer.
Can someone please help? Any suggestions would be appreciated. I haven't been able to find anything on the apple forums that have any sort of solution that works.
Thanks a bunch!

Last Update: I finally tried my wife's MBA. Once I enabled HomeSharing on the same AppleID, it instantly appeared on AppleTV and worked like a champ. While her laptop can see the Dell's library, Dell cant see the laptop's.
Somewhere I read that this whole homesharing thing only works if the computer you want to share is hooked up wirelessly, not via a hardline to the router (which is my configuration). Ok, so for now I have a workaround to play the Dell's library, just go thru the wireless laptop.
Please, Apple, do something about this. It's not like you to have such Windows-like configuration problems!

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