Leopard Sidebar vs Vista

Ok... i have been searching for months about a problem with my home network. I'm using a Black MacBook connected via Wi-Fi on a AirPort Express and a Dell laptop with Vista inside...
The vista laptop is not constantly showing on the finder sidebar. That meen, it can sometime show up... and other time, i have to use the command+K with the specific IP or Vista computer name to acces the PC.
My problem is... it work sometimes! Is the a problem with my ISP? My Airport settings?
(p.s.: the vista computer see's my Mac instantly (maybe the most frustrating thing about the situation!!!)
Please help!
Message was edited by: Daniel Poirier

This is a summary of the informations that help me to solve the problem:
*Setup VISTA and LEOPARD for sharing*
General Settings
If your router offers DHCP and any of the device has power saving features there is a risk that the IP addresses are renewed. This can be problematic as the devices keep changing IP addresses. As this is your network is strongly recommended to reserve IP addresses to the MAC (Machine Address Code) of the various devices so that they can power on and off and still keep the same IP.This simple suggestion will greatly improve the browsing of the local network.
Accessing Windows Resources from Leopard with no authentication
Windows
1. Check the settings of the PC and ensure the IP addresses on the local LAN are trusted
2. Activate sharing on the desired devices ensuring the shares are read and write. If you use Vista ensure password protected sharing is disabled.
3. Try to access the windows share from another windows computer if available to confirm no authentication is required
MAC
1. Go into system preferences->security-Firewall check that the setting is not on allow only essential services. Recommended settings is allow access to specific
2. Go back into system preferences network. On the tab location click edit locations. Duplicate Automatic and call the new location Home. Now select the Home location and go into Advanced-WINS. In the workgroup field enter the same value that is on the other windows computers for example HOME. Now press enter then go back to the main screen. Select Edit locations and delete the location automatic. Now edit your location Home and rename it Automatic. This workaround is a leopard bug described here.
3. Give 5 minutes to allow all the other machines to broadcast their IP address and the other computers should appear on the left side of your finder window. You can now select the shares you want to connect. As no authentication is active if you are prompted with a user name just press OK.
The procedure to access a NAS is the same as above, just ensure permissions are set to files are read/write for anyone to avoid confusion.
*Correction on LEOPARD hidden files*
First file : etc/smb.conf
-go to Text edit preferences
-change default format to TEXT
-in the go, go to folder dialog box, type "etc/"
-type cmd+i and change the ETC folder permission for everyone to "read and right"
-do the same for the smb.conf file
-in the smb.conf file, change the "2" for a "0" on the following line:
os level = 0
Put the permission back to normal after the edition.
Second file : /var/db/smb.conf
-in the go, go to folder dialog box, type "var/db/"
-type cmd+i and change the "db" folder permission for everyone to "read and right"
-do the same for the smb.conf file
-in the smb.conf file, change the "no" for a "yes" on the following line:
wins support = yes
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