Mac 10.5 and Windows 7 networking question(s)...

So after about 5 hours of work I finally got my iMac desktop (10.5) to network wirelessly with my Windows 7 laptop. All is well, except that my entire mac desktop hard drive shows up on the network even though I only have one specific folder set to "share" on my Mac desktop. I can't figure out why the whole thing is showing up. Any suggestions? I've checked and rechecked my settings and only the one folder (not the public folder, but a different one if it matters) is checked to share. The user on the Mac that shares info with the laptop is the administrator, if that matters.
Also, I have another apple laptop. Is it possible to share both a windows laptop and a mac laptop with a mac desktop at the same time? I don't think it is because you have to set file sharing to "smb" to network with windows and not use "afp" or "ftp" and I don't think mac can use "smb" between two macs. Is that right? I can't get the mac laptop to network and I assume that this is the reason, but I thought I'd ask.
Thanks in advance.

Mac prints. PC does not. Bonjour Printer Wizard found the printer, so there's some communication between the two (although the printer never came on, but I assume the AX knows what it’s plugged into).
One odd thing is that, after installing the printer driver (downloaded from Brother), Bonjour Printer Wizard listed Brother as a printer manufacturer three times, only one of which shows the HL-2040.
The las time I tried printing from Windows the printer turned on, but did not print.

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