Connecting to win xp pro from macbook

i have talked to apple care via phone and the geniuses at the local apple store and am hoping someone on the boards can help. i have a new macbook and a winxp pro machine. i can connect to the mac folders in my network places on the windows xp machine and place xp files into those folders (without having to type in a password even though the mac was password protected). But i can not connect to the win xp machine from the mac.
i can reach the authentication screen where i enter my username and password but am greeted with the error "could not connect to the server because the name or password is not correct." i am able to connect to a university server that uses windows server (2003 i think). i am 100% sure the username and password are correct. in fact have created a few more users for the xp machine to no avail. i have also changed the mac domain from Workgroup to WORKGROUP just to be certain.
i am pretty the mac is fine. I have gone and changed my registry values on the win xp machine to match what was needed for the xp machine regarding windows server logon.
this issue remains the same if i plug both into a router, connect both via router, or ... i have tried using smb://ipaddress, smb://ipaddress/sharedfolder, smb://computername, and smb://computername/sharedfolder. i can only use apple+K or finder>go>connect to server as if i browse through networks i can not see any servers. i have tried to reinstall 10.4.7 combo updater. though i was not able to connect with just 10.4.7 either. i am able to view my shared music that is located on the winxp machine via frontrow. i am not able to use my windows printer either as i am not able to get past the username and password screen.
i was wondering if anyone has any ideas. the only error i get in the console is "mount_smbfs: session setup phase failed: syserr = Permission denied". thank you all for the help

Jon,
I have been in the same circle for weeks (trying to get a MacBook Pro sharing files with WinXP Pro via a wireless network-the Mac files show up on the WIN machine, but I continuly get error messages on the Mac when trying to connect to the Win -well try this... I just remembered that I have a secondary virus protection program on the Win PC (Mcafee in my case). All of the documentation talks about Windows security - not about other "security blocking programs". There are no flashing lights or clear messages about what is happening. I bet if you check for 'blocked' attempts to connect to your PC you will find your MAC ipaddress listed. My shared network/files just showed up on my MAC desktop and it looks beautiful. Happy computing --pass it on...
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