Failure loading iTunes library with sharing home

From my iphone 4 I want to listen to my music in itunes using home sharing. I open the application "music" choose "shared" so my itunes library, but always stops loading halfway and crashes. I disabled sharing on iphone, itunes, changed passwords, reinstalled itunes, firewall ok ... is there anything else I can try to do?
Many months and updates are passed, but have not changed the situation. Help me I need the Home Sharing!!
Windows 7-64bit - iTunes 11.0.3.42 - iPhone 4 IOS 6.1.3

One solution might be to get a portable HD (160GB models are pretty cheap), and use that to hold your combined Music folder on, and just carry it around with you. To achieve this, check this article out :
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/moving-your-itunes-library-to -a-new-hard-drive

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My question deals with creating a new user account on my Mac (with Fast Switching) and allowing my girlfriend to share my iTunes library with the ability to transfer music to her ipod when she is logged into her own unique account. I will be the Administrator on the Mac.
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The easiest thing would be to share the entire music folder, so anyone of you can listen to your music.
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If you want to be using the exact same library, so any playlist you created can be edited by your girlfriend and vice versa:
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3. In case you're using FileVault, either delete or rename the original Music folder within your own account. Again, not necessary as long as FileVault isn't enabled.
4. Select computer/users/shared/music, hold down "ctrl" while clicking on it and choose "create alias" from the contextual menu. Copy that alias into your homefolder as well as your girlfriend's account (need to log in) and rename it to "music" without the "alias" at the end.
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- go to yourusername/Music/iTunes, move "iTunes Music" to computer/users/shared and change ownership according to #2.
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- create an alias for computer/users/shared/iTunes Music and copy the alias to yourusername/Music/iTunes. Rename it to "iTunes Music" without "alias".
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- log in, copy alias to username/Music/iTunes, rename alias.
- Launch iTunes, go to File-> Add to Library, select username/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music, choose.
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The only downside is, only one user at a time can access the music folder, so if you're logged in and running iTunes, you're girlfriend, logged in via fast user switching, won't be able to open iTunes until you quit it for yourself. Haven't found a way around this yet.
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