How can I activate home sharing in itunes?

I really need help on yhis one. I do have an wondows computer. Plz help!

No. Home sharing only works when the computer is on and while iTunes is running.
You can sync your music to the iPad. Select your music in the Music Pane of iTunes while the iPad is connected to your PC, with iTunes running and with the iPad selected. This will explain how to sync any content to the iPad.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1351?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

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Yes, you can copy songs that you ripped from a CD to your Home Sharing computer.
Turn on Home Sharing first on both computers. To do that, go to File > Home Sharing > Turn on Home Sharing. Enter your Apple ID and password.
Now go to your computer that you want to copy the songs to and connect to your Home Share. You can do that by clicking on the popover button located at the left top corner right below the play control buttons. Click on it and scroll to the bottom until you see your Home Share and select it.
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Does it have to be created within iTunes first on our Mac?

The short answer: because Home Sharing isn't designed for sharing apps, and apps aren't designed to be shared.
The longer answer: Think of it like this...
You download some music in iTunes. With Home Sharing, another user can listen to it by streaming it over the network. But the data itself is on your computer. If you turn off the computer or take it off the network, the other user can't access it.
But if you send another user the app, they aren't just streaming the data- they installed it on their iOS device. Because they weren't the one that purchased it, such a transfer could easily be considered "piracy" or "stealing," and nobody likes that (least of all, Apple).
When iTunes sees this app, it obviously recognized it, as if saying, "Hey, how did you get this app on your device, if I have no record of you purchasing/downloading it from the iTunes store?"
post edited to correct spelling errors

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How can I use home sharing? (main computer)

Well, I have a Windows PC and almost on my music is in Home Sharing with my sister (her computer is the main computer, I'm pretty sure) . When her computer is closed, the home sharing disapeers.
Is there anything I can do so that I can always have home sharing or move the music to my music folder? Something like that?
Any help will be appreciated!
Thank you!

First, make sure you've got the home share set up on both computers, as per the following document:
iTunes: Setting up Home Sharing on your computer
Have both computers running and have iTunes open on both computers.
Now, in the iTunes on the computer you want to transfer music to, select the library that you want to transfer music from, as per the following screenshot:
Once the other library loads, go down to the bottom of the screen and in "Show:" select "Items not in my library":
If you want to import all of the songs you can now see, head up to the iTunes menu bar and go "Edit > Select all". Then head down to the bottom of the screen again and click the "Import" button in the bottom-right-hand corner.

Can't activate home sharing

Hey, community! I'm having some problems with home sharing and the questions submitted in the forums didn't adjust to my case precisely, and I followed the instructions on the troubleshooting site and everything was good.
I've never been able to use home sharing before, nor now either. I have a MacBook Pro (13", mid-2012) with OS X 10.8.4 running iTunes 11.1, an iPhone 5 with iOS 7 and an iPad 2 with iOS 7 as well. I tried to connect via home sharing before from my iDevices (running the latest iOS 6 then), to be able to access to my MacBook's music library, but to no avail.
Being a little more descriptive, when I was trying to connect from my iDevice I always got the error message "Cannot activate 'Home Sharing'" —or, in spanish, "No se puede activar 'Compartir en casa'"—. Maybe I should also say that the Remote App doesn't work either, neither with the Home Sharing way nor the 4-number-code way. Is it maybe a network issue? My devices are connected to the same network, and iTunes detects the iPhone trying to control the music with the Remote App (I even put the 4-digit code, and it says it's connected) but doesn't work either.
Well, I hope I've made myself clear and you guys could help me out. Thanks in advance!

Welcome to the Apple Community. (5)
The following article(s) may help you.
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections
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I tried to use home sharing in itunes but i could not find it on my compture.

http://www.apple.com/support/itunes
Trt iTunes for Mac forum

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http://ipod.about.com/od/advanceditunesuse/ss/Multiple-Itunes-Libraries-One-Comp uter.htm
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If you use wireless for your internet connection then you can use the TC isolated from the network by ethernet.. but this is really only convenient on a desktop Mac.
The instructions I put in this thread with screenshots.. see near the bottom.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4817218?tstart=30
It is a bit tricky so if you have questions ask back here.
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First, make sure you've got the home share set up on both computers, as per the following document:
iTunes: Setting up Home Sharing on your computer
Have both computers running and have iTunes open on both computers.
Now, in the iTunes on the computer you want to transfer music to, select the library that you want to transfer music from, as per the following screenshot:
Once the other library loads, go down to the bottom of the screen and in "Show:" select "Items not in my library":
If you want to import all of the songs you can now see, head up to the iTunes menu bar and go "Edit > Select all". Then head down to the bottom of the screen again and click the "Import" button in the bottom-right-hand corner.

HT3819 How can you use Home sharing to play music on an xbox 360 for example thats connected to the same WiFi network?

My console is running under the same WiFi service as my itunes, iphone, and all the content i have saved in my library. How can i link, perhaps through HomeSharing, my content from my phone or computer to my xbox console?

You can't. Homesharing allow to share your iTunes content over Apple's devices. XBox isn't made by Apple but Microsoft.

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