Connecting OSX to Windows help!

I've been trying in vain for a long time to get my iBook connected to my windows xp pc. What I have done so far is connect my iBook to my router via a lan cable, while the router itself is connected to my pc via USB.
When this is all set up the Sharing page of OSX System preferences tells me that Windows users can connect to my ibook on 192.168.1.xx\myname (I have checked Personal File Sharing and Windows Sharing). However when I go into Windows it cant detect the iBook. I cannot ping it and its not showing in the network. I am at a loss what to do.
It also doesnt detect the iBook when I connect the lan cable directly to the pc (in fact i cant even get an ip address that way). Also the network window in OSX isnt showing for some reason.
Please I need some help!

I have/had a similar problem. My Windows XP Pc could "see" my Macbook but wouldn't let me connect to it. The only way round this was to use
My Computer>Tools>Map Network Drive... and then specify the IP address that my Macbook had told me to use (in my case "192.168.0.3"). I then got a dialog box on the PC asking me to enter a username and password. This is the "short" username that the Mac creates for you. I entered these and the PC created a network drive that allowed me to see all the folders on the Mac.
Hope this helps.
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