Can I share my music with a netbook

I have enabled iTunes on my main computer for home sharing. I can play the iTunes music on my netbook using my home group. Do I need to download the iTunes store to my netbook for any reason? Do I gain more features of sharing if I do?

Download itunes for your Windows 7 netbook
On your main computer, go to itunes >> menu >> advanced turn on home sharing
on your netbook in itunes, log into the sore using the same credentials as you used on the main PC
on your netbook, you will now see your main itunes library on left
this works only when both computers are ont eh the same network (home, work, etc...)

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    DerwoodG wrote:
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