Importing song files between computers

Hi. I've been trying to help my wife import song files from her desktop PC iTunes library to her laptop PC iTunes library, without much success (I'm a Mac guy). Her iTunes libraries can "see" each other, but when you try to access them, a message appears along the lines of "please make sure your firewall software enables port 3689", or words to that effect. In other words, I should be able to at least play songs on one computer from another, but I can't even do that at this point, much less import them, which is what I'm really trying to do.
Sorry for the rambling....I'm just trying to include details for you all.
Thanks!

It sounds like you just need to disable the firewall, if not, the whole virus program itself to use iTunes...it does that sometimes (I don't blame you for being a Mac guy...I envy you).
If this doesn't work, repost and I'll see what else I can do
ryanjeffrey

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