How do I connect to a Windows Workgroup and mount a shared volume?

I have set up a network at home with my Mac G5 and my PC. I have a workgroup called "HOME". The PC can see my mac drive as a network place and I can access and browse it perfectly fine.
However I have a drive on my PC which I have set up as a shared volume on the PC. I want to mount that shared volume on my Mac. When I set up the share on the PC, I am not prompted to enter a password, and the only password I am aware of is the one I use to log on.
According to the instructions I am supposed to enter the IP address and a "sharename", but I have no idea what the sharename is. If I enter the share name of the volume I want to mount, I get a dialog box which requires a password. It sees the "HOME" workgroup and that is already filled out in the Workgroup window.
It has entered my Mac administrator account name in the Name box. I don't know if this is what name it needs, but what ever combination of names and passwords I use, including my PC logon name and password, I always get the error message "cannot connect because the name or password is not correct".
I have tried using different formats for the smb://Servername/sharename address, but everything I have tried gives the same result.
I have seen many other postings on this subject, all with similar problems, but so far I've yet to see an answer. A disscussion from 2004 said this was a known issue, but surely there must have been a fix by now?
I have read many of the mac documents on this subject but none specifically tells you what the sharename is and how you set a password for it.
Thanks in advance
David

OK - I have answered my own question, so if anyone else has this problem, you may like to know!
I needed to know what sharename to use to log on. On the Windows PC I was under the imprression that the windows log on was my user name. But if you right click on the My Computer and go to manage, you will see Local Users and Groups. Under Users, you will see all the user accounts on the PC. Even though I only ever set up one and it was called "David" that doesn't actually count as the user name.
If you look at the headings at the top, you will see that whatever account you think you are in, the chances are it actually has the name "User". It is what ever is in the Name column that the Mac needs, not what is in the Full Name column which is what you log on as. You can't change this, but when you connect to server, you can enter the SMB script smb://USER@(name of PC or IP address)/share name.
If you wish to mount a volume rather than a shared folder, simply type in the windows drive letter followed by the "$" - ie D$. The password is your log on password on the PC. Otherwise you can set up a folder share on the PC in the usual way, and give it a name. This will be the share name you enter in your smb script.
NONE of this is very clear in any of the Mac Networking Help guides that I have trawled through, so if they were to add it, you might help some more people...
Thanks,
David
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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