Mac - PC connection out of the box gone?

Hey guys.
When I got my mac a year and a half ago, I turned it on and automatically my old gaming PC showed as a network place.
Along the way my mac (or perhaps the dell pc) lost this connection and at a few lucky times all I get to see is my mac in the windows network but not the other way around.
My question to you guys are: How do I get my Mac and PC to work as buddies like they used to?

I don't know if there is an equivalent to 'Sharing' pane (System Preferences > Internet & Network > Sharing) in the Windoze world, but that would have to be configured to allow the Mac to see the other machine. You might try opening Safari and then the bookmark window and clicking on the 'Bonjour' icon near the top - that may allow you to confirgure things to connect your old machine so they can re-establish their friendship. I hope this helps.
-Bob

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