My Apple TV won't connect to my iTunes library on my windows pc home sharing is on and iTunes is open

I can't get my Apple TV to connect to my windows pc to play music through my iTunes apple remote has a similar problem

Thanks for the advice. Just had time to retest everything with the latest software and firmware versions. Even with Windows Firewall completely switched off my Apple TV can not connect to my iTunes library. The ironic thing is that my PC can no longer Airplay to my Apple TV after the latest updates, so things are actually getting worse ;-)
I even restarted my router as some posts seemed to indicate this fixed similar issues for others but sadly not for me.
I can at least still AirPlay from my iPad to my Apple TV, which is the main reason I bought the Apple TV, and the NetFlix client on the Apple TV is still one of the best as it supports captions.
I have seen another post from another Win7 64bit user with similar problems so not sure if there is a solution out there yet.
I also have some Samsung products and they can not interwork either so the grass is not greener on the other side ;-)
Apple TV 3rd gen / iTunes on Win7 64bit

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I'll try and cover as much as possible as to not leave anything out
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Telus Optik internet 25 MB Connection
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1. restore ATV under //settings/general/restore
2. log out then in with apple id //setting/computers/turn off-on
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6. log out then onto home sharing under advanced tab
7. make sure sharing is enable under //iTunes/preferences/sharing/ then click share my library on local network
8. it should work after this point and come up in ATV
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