Home Sharing on Apple TV 3 crashes my Win 7 laptop!

Hi,
I am not absolutely sure if its a Apple TV, iTunes or Home Sharing problem - but every time I turn on Home Sharing from my Windows 7 laptop, and try to access my iTunes library (few photos and music) from Apple TV, it crashes and restarts my laptop. I have tried updating iTunes to the latest version, have reset our Apple TV and Wifi router but the issue still remains.
Incidentally, my wife's laptop, which runs Windows 8, has no issues accessing her iTunes Library on our Apple TV via Home Sharing.
She has more photos and music on her laptop than mine!
The only difference between her and my laptop is the operating system and the hard drive on my laptop is encrypted as it belongs to the organization I work for.
Apart from that all other variables are more or less the same.
Can anyone suggest any ideas to fix this?
Thanks in advance,
S Ray

Hi there Suddha Satta Ray,
That sounds like a potential software issue on the Apple TV. I would recommend restoring the device as an initial troubleshooting test. Take a look at the article below for more information.
Apple TV (2nd and 3rd generation): Restoring your Apple TV
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4367
-Griff W.

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