Home Sharing on Windows problem

I'm using iTunes for Windows version 10.6.1 on 2 different PCs, I enabled Home Sharing both from the Advanced option panel and from the Preference>Sharing Panel with the same Apple ID and one PC (the laptop) can see the desktop sharing but not vice versa, moreover my iPhone can see both libraries and play from both, as well as the Remote App. My Lan is handled by an Airport Extreme + Airport Express and attached to the Express there are Airplay speakers who once again can't be seen from the desktop but work just fine from the laptop. The desktop is a clean Win7 Pro 64-bit install, while the laptop has the same OS but is about 2 years old. I tried turning Home Sharing on and off again, reinstalling iTunes and resetting my network but nothing worked. Anyone has a suggestion?

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Welcome to the Apple Community arifbangash.
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I also get this problem on my iPad, so probably not related to the AppleTV. On the iPad I restarted Airport Extreme this time, and then the iPad saw my Home Sharing.
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AND
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-Already transfering music from somewhere else, my laptop (There isn't even a button, NOTHING to let me import it. Also, I can normally drag individual music files from my laptop to desktop regardless of if I'm importing from elsewhere or not. For my sister's Mac I can't even drag.)
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I will say that this did work at some point, so a patch or an update, or some configuration change has caused it to stop workin at some point in the past six months to a year.

Hello, aquilinofromtuckahoe.
Here is the best resource for troubleshooting steps when experiencing issues with Home Sharing.
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2972
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Jason H.

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My home sharing between windows 7 and macbook pro not working

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HT202213 my mac can see windows home sharing but windows cant see my mac home sharing?

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DIngo Dave 69 wrote:
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Having problems getting remote sharing to work. I am able to pair the ipad with my itunes library so obviously they can see and talk to each other but when it searches for the home share it gives message "could not find".
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A few more things to try.
To force quit Remote on your iOS device, double-click the Home button (to view your recently used apps) and then touch and hold the Remote app icon until it begins to jiggle, then tap . Remote is added to recent apps again the next time you open it.
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I recently purchased a new Windows 8 laptop, installed iTunes and turned on Home Sharing. The Windows 8 laptop does not show any of the shared libraries. However, a desktop and another laptop, both with Windows 7, show all the libraries, including the Win8 laptop. What do I need to do so that the Win8 laptop shows the other libraries?

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I'd set up Home Sharing on my venerable notepad running Windows XP Professional over a year ago. My iTunes library was on an external hard drive. I'd been able to access the iTunes library from several iPad 2's as well as my iPhone.
Times change, and events roll on.
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I have disabled home sharing on the Windows box, as well as the iPad, restarted both, added in Home Sharing, and no joy.
I have unplugged my router, let it sit for a minute and then powered it back up, no joy.
From my lay perspective, given that I've not done anything on the iPad, and swapped a notepad running XP, for a workstation running 7, the cause is resident on the workstation. However, what the issue is, gosh only knows.
I disabled my antivirus and spyware software (ESET), with the same result, the Music app goes poof.
Any suggestions, would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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