Shared Library shows up, plays, then disappears.

I keep all of my music on my computer but have been trying to listen to it on my laptop. I open iTunes and can see the shared library. I can play about 30 seconds of one song before it disappears. Does anyone know what it going on?

Oh, how I hate cross-platform issues. Getting Windows and Mac to work together is still a pain.
First of all, do you have the same version of iTunes loaded on both computers? Also, do you have an active Firewall on your PC? Do the settings allow access to iTunes? Just to rule out possibilities, try disabling your firewall (if you do, indeed, have one) on your PC, and see if that works. It's not a permanent solution, but it should narrow the problem down.

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