One computer can't see others' shared songs

I have a LAN with a Mac and two XP PCs. All three are sharing their music, all three have "look for shared music" turned on.
The Mac can see both PCs. One PC can see both the Mac and the other PC.
The other PC, however, can't see either.
This is my laptop running ZoneAlarm, but iTunes is enabled for everything. I have tried turning on and off "look for shared music" trying to "reset" it, but nothing happened (and YES, it IS turned on).
Any ideas on how to get the laptop to see the other two? I was going to use this as my "airTunes box" in the living room, but it can't see my music...
Matthew

You might have to manually allow the IP addresses of the other two computers in Zone Alarm. Put them in the trusted zone, either by IP range or individually. I had this problem too with the Zone Alarm free edition. Adding the IP addresses solved the problem.

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