Cannot get homesharing to work on Apple TV and Windows Computer?

I have set up my appletv, turned on homesharing in itunes and have the apple id working.  The network on my pc and the appletv work with other features.  When the appletv tries to access my library (which it recognizes) it times out.  What can i do?

How do I change my firewall.  I have been using itunes for a long time and I was always able to download, and all of the other features on my appletv which are on the network seem to work.  What do I look at and where to modify my firewall?

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