Can't connect a Bootcamp Volume to networked Macs

The question: When adding a Network Place in WindowsXP so that I can connect it to a home networked Mac, what is the correct address statement I should provide for the Add Network Place Wizard? And what should I do on the Mac to enable access? All Mac's use Leopard 10.5.1.
I am trying to access home networked Macs from a Bootcamp volume on another Mac. (The Bootcamp volume has MacDrive6 installed so that WindowsXP can read MacOSX drives.)
I have run out of ideas trying to get WindowsXP to access the contents of Macs on the network.
The Sharing Prefs pane on the Mac tells me to browse for the Mac's computer name, or use computername.local. This prefs pane also advises using afp://IPaddress instead of browsing for computername. Both styles are rejected by Windows so I assume that this advice is only suited to accessing from the MacOS.
The joy of all this is that Windows DOES see computername when browsing the network but offers no further moves. ie., there is no chance for me to state that this is where I want to go.
If I use Window's suggested connection language, eg., //computername/share, Windows DOES see the Mac but claims my foldername is invalid. We do get to the point of inserting the admin username and password as required for the Mac. Then I am told, invalid folder. I have tried various versions of the name, long and short, but always the folder is invalid.
Leopard File Sharing Help says I should enable the SMB protocol. I did. Whatever I try as the SMB address in WindowsXP, it's denied by Windows as an invalid foldername.
In the File Sharing prefs pane I have also set up, as shared folders, the network Mac's HDD names, home folders, &c. Nothing works.
Since I used to have no problems with this business, has Leopard somehow messed up?

*"If I use Window's suggested connection language, eg., //computername/share..."*
Your slashes are backwards. try \\servername\sharename

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