I can't file share or use printers with Windows XP

Im running Leopard and my PC can detect and search my Macbook just fine but not the other way around. Every time i type in the correct user and password for XP it also gives me a "Connection Failed" message. My printer is shared on XP but i can't find it on the Macbook. Can anyone please help me solve this problem, its been driving me nuts for the past week.

Hi,
A couple of things to check:
1. On the Windows XP machine, point at, then click My Computer in the Start menu. This opens a window with your disk drives. Point at and right-click the drive you want to share. A property menu will pop up. Click the Sharing tab and set up the sharing policies you want.
2. Point at and then click Control Panel in the Start Menu. This opens a window or drop-down menu. Point at and open Windows Firewall. Check your firewall settings. If your firewall is enabled, check your Windows sharing. Enable sharing; add it to the list of allowed programs, if necessary. You will probably want to highlight sharing, click advanced and set the scope to allow only the addresses of the LAN segment on which your Mac and Windows machine reside.
The steps above should allow your Windows machine to be seen by the Mac.
The other possible complication that can get in the way is if the Windows machine is XP Professional and a member of a domain. When a machine is on a domain, clients that want to access the machine have to vet their credentials with a domain controller. The domain controller looks in its database and returns tickets to the Windows machine and client that allow the transfer data. Once the domain controller has vetted credentials, it is no longer involved until the tickets reach their expiry time limit. When the machines have valid tickets, they talk to each other directly.
I have not joined a Mac to a Windows domain, but a quick check in a terminal window on my MacBook shows the requisite UNIX utilities for doing so are there. I'll leave that question to somebody with more in-depth Mac skills.
If your machines are on a domain it is important to keep the clocks of the machines relatively synchronized. The time stamps on Kerberos tickets have to by default, in Windows, have to match within +/- five minutes.
If your Windows machine is XP Home Edition or default XP Professional, it will not be on a domain and in fact is usually set by the manufacturer to be a member of the default workgroup named, "workgroup." The Mac should be able to access that as long as your Windows firewall is set to allow sharing. For details, open Help on your Mac and search for, "windows domain," or, "windows sharing."
Bill

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