Windows computer not showing up in finder

Hi,
at the office we have a network of 4 windows computers and one mac which I use. In the finder I can see only 3 of the 4 windows machines. I checked the settings for the Windows computer that isn't showing up and it seems to be the same as the other three. What am I missing?
Thank you in advance

Assuming that the missing machine is part of the same Workgroup/Domain:
Open Terminal and enter "nmblookup -M workgroupname" (without the quotes, and replacing workgroupname with the name of your workgroup or domain.
This will list the IP address of the machine that is the "master browser" of your network. If you are on a domain, the address should be that of your domain controller. There should only be one ip address listed.
You can then get that machine to list the shares that it see on the network by entering:
"smbclient -L ipaddressofmasterbrowser"
You should be able to just press enter when it asks for a password.
This will list available shares and servers.
Regards,
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