Home sharing blinks off

Hello folks,
I have upgraded iTunes to 10.6 and planned to use home sharing but as soon as I authorise my PC and authorise iTunes By logging by apple id. Home sharing option simply goes away. Just like a blip and it's gone...
OS: XP

I have the same problem. On a similar note, I have another problem that makes WOL not work on my IMac with ATV:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/20446876?ac_cid=op123456#20446876
Really disappointed that even with a full blown Apple eco system, there are still bugs that do not get fixed and cause pillar features to not work.
Let's hope this new Itunes problem will get fixed soon (it probably will as it basically renders homesharing useless).
In the meantime, have you tried disabling/enabling homesharing (haven't had time to try it myself yet, but it may work)...
Br,
Martin
(sorry about the sour tone, but I am getting increasingly annoyed with again and again finding myself sitting for hours debugging out of the box issues on featured functionality on Apple products).

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