Mac OSX 10.6.2 Does Not 'see' Vista/XP Machines

Hi there,
I've read through endless pages of help topics online and cannot seem to find a solution to my specific problem so if this comes across as a repeated question please point me in the right direction as i have exhausted my brain trying all the different suggestions i have read.
I bought my mac, preloaded with OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard, two days ago and immediately took it out of the box and connected it to my home network via wireless. When i first connected to my network i am pretty sure i was able to 'see' all the other computers available on my network (three in total two running Vista Home Premium and one running XP Media Center) i updated the mac as recommended and ever since the update i have not been able to 'see' the other computers on my network.
I am able to connect to them via the 'smb://COMPUTERNAME' command in 'Connect To A Server' but i have to do this every time i log onto my mac and this is, to me, really annoying. The other issue i face is i am not able to print using the printer connected to my XP machine when all other computers connected to the network can. I can ping both ways from all machines and the Windows OS machines can all 'see' the mac and place files in its shared folder without the need to enter passwords or connect via 'computer name' or 'ip address.'
Is this an issue a lot of mac, OS X 10.6.2 SL, users are faced with or am i the only one?
As i've said i can connect to the Windows OS PCs from the mac ,but only via the 'Connect To A Server' option, and pass files in both directions. Is there an App or update that will allow me to log onto my mac, click finder and the Windows OS PCs be listed in the sidebar?
Extra Information:
Windows Vista PCs are: Home Premium Service Pack 2 with Norton Internet Security 2010 (firewall enabled via NIS:2010)
Windows XP PCs are: Media Center Edition Service Pack 3 with Norton Internet Security 2010 (firewall enabled via NIS:2010)
Router: Netgear DG834GT Router
Wireless Security: WPA Personal, MAC access authentication, IP address allocation
Thanks,
Dan

Let's try to deal with the sharing issue first. Your new problem is very common under Snow. However, it turns up with different timing in an idiosyncratic way.
At first, my shares did not show up under shared in finder windows. I, then, of course, used "Connect to Server" to connect to the shares--both Mac and PC. I found that the more I kept the shares active the more likely they were show up under shared. Then, I discovered that if I kept the computers from sleeping during the period of needed access they would tend to stay in shared without nearly so much keeping the connections active.
If you do not like the above work around, then there are two other possibilities. You can elect to show mounted items on your desktop. Do that and connect to each share. Then, go > users > unlock > + login options > try dragging the mounted shares to the login item window. If successful, then the shares should be available at login.
Another approach is to mount and connect as indicated above. Then, making an alias to the share should at least make things faster.

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