Why won't the Home Sharing tab show up on either of my computers?

I have turned on Home Sharing on both my laptop and home computer under the same username, but the tab disappears after I hit "Done." I have read over a number of troubleshooting suggestions and then tried them (including restarting my computers and reopening iTunes), but nothing seems to work. Any suggestions as to what I should do to resolve this problem?

Hello AOcon56,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information on this, take a look at:
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2972
Best of luck,
Mario

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