Leopard Windows Networking/Share Access Problem Solution

Problem Solved!!
I just got my very first Mac 2 days ago. A Mac Book. Right out of the box I was able to see all the Windows PCs on my home network. 3 XP machines and 1 Vista machine. But somewhere along the way probably after the first reboot I was no longer able to see the machines or the shares. Tried a lot of things that I found on this forum. What worked is the following
Changes all my windows PCs from DHCP to Static IP
Left my Mac Book still as DHCP
Updated the /etc/hosts file on my Macbook with the IP address and names of all my Windows PCs
The first time around went into Finder/Go/Connect Server and typed in smb://windowspcname/share
Voila!! I got connected. It asked for the ID/pwd that I want to use to connect to my Vista and XP machines and bingo I was connected and that server now appeared in my Network and Shares. Once I did that with one PC the rest of them automagically appeared. If they don't simply connect manually once. Thereafter they will appear automatically in your Network and Shares.
Works great for me!!
Mac Book Mac OS X (10.5.2)

This may be more of a Mac limit:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107684
Here's the limits on Windows:
http://www.portfoliofaq.com/pfaq/FAQ00002.htm

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