Home Share between Windows 7 and iMac

Hi,
I have a iMac and Windows7 laptop.
My home share is not working between the two systems.
Bonjour service is running properly.
Each time I try to add HomeShare, the icon appears and when I click on "Done", the icon on iTunes disappears.
Please help.
I assume there should be some blocking from Windows side
Inbound rules in Windows Firewall is showing 4 Bonjour services. iTunes is set to communicate through Firewall.
Is there anything that I'm missing? I had same problem with my old Windows laptop also.
I tried home sharing using my iMac and my friend's MacBook pro, and it is working good.
Please suggest.
Thanks,
Srujan.

I assume you would like to do this wirelessly? You mean you are trying to create a network between the two computers that connects to the internet? If so:
1.) Plug the Ethernet (generally yellow) cable into your Mac.
2.) At the top of your Mac's screen is something called the menu bar. There should be something that looks like a wireless signal icon. Click that.
3.) Select "Create network" and enter the name you want the network to have.
4.) Go into System Preferences, then into Sharing, then click on internet sharing.
5.) Under 'share your connection from' (it is a drop-down menu) select Ethernet.
6.) Check the box next to 'AirPort' in the box labeled with 'to computers using:'
7.) Then click the check-box next to 'Internet Sharing' (if you do this before, you will not be able to change the settings until you have it disabled, aka no checked)
8.) On your PC, connect to your Mac's network, putting in the password if you set one.

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