Can see Mac on Windows XP PC but can't access

If I go to Network Places on our Windows XP machine and navigate down to the workgroups, I can see the workgroup that contains both the XP machine and Mac. But when I click on the Mac, it says I can't access it because I don't have proper permissions.
I've got file sharing on the Mac turned on. What else might I need to do?

I have exactly the same problem ever since I got my new MacBook with Leopard last fall. I have visited many forums with useful tips and step-by-step guides, neither of which solved my problem. In fact, I have seen many comments where Leopard users gave up and decided to go back to Tiger. Some were suggesting to do a clean install of Leopard (mine was installed over pre-existing Tiger), but some report no improvement anyway.
I know that my network works o.k., because I can connect the two computers (MacBook and HP) when running windows XP on both. I can even access files on XP machine when running Leopard on the other one. However there is no way to access files shared on MacBook when running Leopard. I suspect a permission/firewall problem, but turning firewall off and going carefully through all the settings and permissions did not help.

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