Issues with a Mac and PC's network!

I have a problem to connect my PC's with WINDOWS XP Pro to my iMac. What happens is that when I search my PC's in my iMac, it finds them easily and connects fast. The problem is that from my PC's, when I try to find my iMac, it is very slow and sometimes it doesn't connect. Windows finds it in the MSHOME workgroup but it always happens when I try to open the iMac from it. My configurations are ok (Windows sharing is checked) and the Mac and PC's are in the same workgroup. What should I do to correct this kind of error? Any tip?
Thanks.

See if iFelix's site gives you any help.
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/windowsxp.html
Don

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Hi all! this is my first post, se please forgive any etiquette errors!
I have bootcamp installed on my macbook, as the company i work with has a completely windows setup, but i would like to get away from this and be able to use my mac as it was intended!
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http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050302023720578
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2518435&#2518435
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http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3020.html
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The background: I have a long history with legacy BlackBerry devices, and almost as much history with iOS devices. My most recent phone was an iPhone 4S, and I make extensive use of iCloud to keep my iMacs, iPhone, and iPad connected in real-time. The setup worked. It wasn't perfect, but it worked. However, because I used to have a BlackBerry device (most recent the 9930) and because I don't use the iPhone for more than e-mail, iMessage, and phone calls (generally speaking), I decided to give the newest BlackBerry device a shot. So I bought a Q10.
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I ended up performing a security wipe on my device. The security wipe finished, and I was about to reconnect with Exchange when I decided to visit our host's web site to see if they had any articles covering the issues I was experiencing. While they didn't have anything specific, I did find a step-by-step guide to connecting a BB10 device to Exchange... and right there at the end, it said "Do NOT enable memo sync."
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