AppleTV no longer accepts iTunes library to sync

Hi!
I have an AppleTV (160G) and a PC laptop (XP Pro)running iTunes. The AppleTV worked perfectly out of the box: found my network, found my iTunes, synced my music over about four days (I have about 60G of music). But when I upgraded iTunes to the latest version (7.4.2.4), iTunes was no longer able to see the AppleTV. When I visit the AppleTV source menu, it says “Library not found.”
However, when I use the AppleTV to look for additional iTunes sources, it finds my laptop’s iTunes library just fine. So it can see it as an ancillary source, but no longer as the main source. How do I get them to reconnect? The network is fine, the connection is possible, but somehow my laptop’s iTunes has lost its status as primary library.
I don’t want to just reset everything, because it looks like the AppleTV will erase all the music it’s holding if I switch primary libraries, and frankly, I don’t want to spend another four days recopying content to it just to have it go south again when the next iTunes upgrade comes along.
Can anyone please advise me?
Thank you!

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