Sharing problem in iTunes 11.1.2.32 ?

Hey guys I need some help here I Moved my Library to a new Windows 8.1 machine, I was on Win 8 and Sharing  worked great.
I copied my Library over to the new machine, did all the required Signed in, Authorized the machine, but nothing on the iPad or iPhone anymore?
Here’s the weird part...
I opened iTunes on another windows machine on my network and can totally see the shared videos and music??
I’m running IOS 7 current build) (None of the builds worked) any ideas?
  Do I need to reopen my Library or something on the new machine because I just copied the iTunes folder over after I installed it on the new machine...
I just Updated iTunes and that didn’t help?
Any Suggestions?
Thanks in Advance
Mark

Okay, further troubleshooting indicates it's an issue with iTunes accessing SMB shares.
1 - Finder, Quicktime and other apps have no problem with the SMB share, mounted as guest with read/write permissions
2 - When I start a new library, with the share mounted AFP, it can add and read just fine.
3 - When I start the existing library, with the share mounted AFP, it immediately tries to mount the SMB and craps out as usual.
4 - I can start a new library with AFP and import the old XML but it will take a full day to import and I don't know what I might lose. 
The XML has correct URI whether I mount SMB or AFP.  Is there a better way to just tell iTunes, using the existing library, the "/Volumes/share" is now AFP, not SMB?

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