Can't play music via "Home Sharing"

Hi,
I have my Itunes Library on my 32-bit home desktop (Win XP SP3) and I just purchased a 64-bit laptop (Win 7 Home). I enabled 'Home Sharing' on both computers and I can see the desktop library on my laptop, but can't play the music. I first get a message saying that I need to 'Authorize' the machine and then after I 'Authorized' it, I still wouldn't play, but now it says that this machine is already 'Authorized', so why doesn't it play the music? Please help...
Thanks,
greenda4

I just realized that the "Home Sharing" does work. The problem is the songs that I purchase a while back (2007) is where I am having the problem. However, newer purchases (2009, 2010) have no problems playing on my Win & Laptop. Does anyone know why these older purchases can not be played using "Home Sharing"??
greenda4

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