IMac not finding home networked computers anymore

My iMac, and my powerbook, have always, up to recently, been able to see the PC's in my home network but now cannot. Interestingly enough, since those computers are under the recent list in the Apple menu, if I click on them in the recents list, I can connect to them. But what happens if for some reason the recents list becomes cleared or corrupt?
Basically, why can't browse servers to find those computers anymore? No changes that I am aware of have been made to my home network.
Thanks

This has to be a bug in the current OS version... it certainly wouldn't have been my choice if I were a product manager at Apple. This is a problem that I think many recent "switchers" have encountered and I would like to know how to resolve it so it makes sense. Here's my nightmare:
I'm 99.9% sure that at one time, that my transition PC (LoL) showed up in the sidebar, and it showed up by name... not IP address. Same goes for my ThinkPad notebook, the LinkSys print server, and my wife's PC. So, what I think happened is that perhaps I clicked on the triangle in the sidebar and "collapsed" or eliminated the "Shared" section. There does not seem to be a way to restore the "Shared" nomenclature in that sidebar... or if there is, it's evading me.
I can "connect" to the missing PCs by using the workaround suggested by Warren, but I still think that one should be able to see these "gone missing" PCs under a shared heading in the sidebar. I can walk over to the PC in question, and simply use Windows Explorer, click on Network, and BAM! I can see my iMac, the ThinkPad, the PrintServer, my wife's PC and so on. Click on any of them and shared directories are presented for transferring files around the house in an instant. So it irks me that my wonderful iMac has given me an obstacle course instead of an easy to navigate network solution.

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