Home Sharing the hell

I followed my own advice by turning off and then turning on the Home Sharing, and yet the iTune Home Sharing still didn't show up properly on my iPad(s).  You know what, screw it, there are tons of other ways for me to play music on my home network without going thru iTune ecosystem anyway, like using FileBrowser or AudioGalaxy.  Apple constantly fails to do network stuff right.

By the way, I am using Windows 7.  Yeah, blame Windows 7, Microsoft sucks.

On the other hand, WiFi Sync seemed to work OK.  It's just that it isn't as "automatic" as I want, and still involve me pressing the button in order to execute it.