Cannot see home sharing via iTunes 10.6.3 on Windows 8

Good morning!
I have the latest version of iTunes installed on two iMacs, as well as on a PC running Windows 8 Consumer Preview. I am able to turn on home sharing on all three systems. The two iMacs can see each other's music libraries and playlists, but not the music or playlists on the Windows 8 PC. Furthermore, the Windows 8 PC does not acknowledge the existance of either of the iMacs. I have made sure that the Windows firewall settings include the iTunes and iTuneshelper executables, as well as turned off the Windows firewall completely, but this has not helped.
Is anyone else experiencing a similar problem with iTunes 10.6.3 on Windows 8 Consumer Preview? Any ideas or suggestions on how I might make this work?
Thank you,
Geoff

If you have a firewall on your router, which you likely do, the Firewall on your computer is not a great loss. However you should be allowed to just allow communications over certain ports and keep your firewall on.
Make sure your router/computer allows access over the following ports
Port
Type
Protocol
Used By
53
TCP/UDP
DNS
DNS
80
TCP
HTTP
AirPlay, iTunes Store
123
TCP/UDP
NTP
Network Time
443
TCP
HTTPS
AirPlay, PhotoStream, iTunes Store
554
TCP/UDP
RTSP
AirPlay
1900
UDP
SSDP
Bonjour
3689
TCP
DAAP
iTunes, AirPlay, HomeSharing
5297
TCP
Bonjour
5298
TCP/UDP
Bonjour
5350
UDP
NAT
Bonjour
5351
UDP
NAT
Bonjour
5353
TCP/UDP
MDNS
Bonjour, AirPlay, HomeSharing
8000-8999
TCP
iTunes Radio Streams
42000-42999
TCP
iTunes Radio Streams
49159
UDP
MDNS (Win)
Bonjour, AirPlay
49163
UDP
MDNS (Win)
Bonjour, AirPlay
Refer to your router manual/manufacturer for any settings that are specific to that model.

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