Can't see home sharing library on new PC

I have a 7 year old Windows XP PC, and a brand new Windows 7 PC. I would like to move my iTunes files from the old PC to the new one, so it looks like Home Sharing is the sensible way to do it. I have made sure that Home Sharing is enabled on both PCs, that sharing is enabled for the whole library on each, and that the latest iTunes is installed on both machines. I can see the library from the Windows 7 PC (3 songs) on the Windows XP PC, but can't see the library for the Windows XP PC (about 4000 files) on the Windows 7 PC. Why can't I see the XP library on the Windows 7 PC?
Incidentally, I also have an iPhone, through which I can see the Windows XP library, but not the Windows 7 library!

OK, I'm not sure exactly how, but I've managed to fix it.
Shortly after writing that post, I renamed the libraries on each PC, and was then able to see both on my iPhone, but still couldn't see the XP library on my Windows 7 PC.
I had done a soft reset on the wireless router earlier, but I decided to try a complete cold restart - turned off both PCs, and unplugged the power cable to my router, left all off for a few minutes, plugged the router back in, turned my old PC back on, loaded iTunes on that, then turned my new PC back on, at which point some message came on about the firewall, and then loaded iTunes. So I'm syncing now - it's worked!
I guess that's another problem solved by turning it off and back on again!

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