I have to keep restarting AppleTV to see Home Sharing on Windows 7 iTunes

I used to have all my media on a NAS drive with modified ATV2 so I can access my movies on there. This worked absolutely perfect, except I was annoyed I could not store and play iTunes purchased movies from the NAS. So I decided to factory reset ATV back to normal with latest update (6.0.2) and invest in a Windows 7 computer (Acer Revo) so I can leave it on permanently with iTunes running so I can access all my movies, TV shows and pics on all my devices anytime in the house without having my Macbook always on. Now I have problems.
Multiple times a day, I go to Computers on Apple TV and it either says "there was a problem connecting to the computer" or to "turn home sharing on on the computer". The computer is running fine. I can see and access it on the network using my computers and other devices. iTunes is running. Home Sharing is On.
To fix it I have to restart Apple TV and then Apple TV can connect OK.
The AppleTV is connected via network cable to the router, and so is the server (no wifi). The router is a Technicolour Gateway.
I have disabled the Firewall on Windows 7, still same problem.
The server, and AppleTV both have static IP addresses assigned.
iTunes on Windows 7 is version 11.1.3.8
ATV2 software is 6.0.2
I do hope I can fix this, because I want to do it Apple's way, and have spent all this time moving my library to iTunes. But if I cant I have to modify ATV2 again and not use Home Sharing. I also wanted to purchase an ATV3 for my bedroom, and for the kids rooms, but I am not going to if this problem persists.
P.S. I do not believe I should have an Apple computer with iTunes on, this should work seamlessly with iTunes on Windows 7. So dont know what else I can do.
P.P.S. I can see this is a common problem, but I started a new thread because everyone else says they have to restart iTunes or the router to fix it. I do not have to do this. I have to restart AppleTV. So I wonder if its an AppleTV issue and not a router/iTunes/server issue.
Thanks

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.
So to recap, restarting the router or Airport Express allowed the iPad and AppleTV to see Home Sharing. Restarting AppleTV also allows AppleTV to see Home Sharing.
So does anyone have any idea?
Thanks

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