Finder stuck "Connecting..." when attempting to access "SHARED" (networked) Windows PC

This problem frequently but randomly occurs on my iMac running Mac OS X Snow Leopard v10.6.8.
The Finder will become 'stuck' when I attempt to access a remote windows machine under the "SHARED" group. When I click the "Connect As..." button, nothing happens, I receive no feedback other than the words "Connecting..." remain under the machine name.
This is despite the exact same share working perfectly moments before.
Once the Finder gets itself into this state, thats its, it will continue to remain "Connecting..." forever until I reboot the Mac which immediately fixes the problem. I have tried exiting the Finder process using the "Activity Monitor" but this has no effect.
This is really rather irritating and happens every other day. The problem is not with the windows share or network since as soon as I reboot the Mac the problem is resolved.
Any help fixing this without having to reboot would be greatly appreciated.

Still getting the same problems daily, can no-one help? This isn't a one off thing, everyone in our office gets it intermittently, its (another) major Mac flaw.

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