Network does not recognize macbook name

my home network is a combination of one macbook ,2 vista home premiums and one xp.
The internet service comes from comcast ,which is a cable modem and then goes to airport extreme and then wirelessly covers the network at home.Going online and browsing the web is no problem for any of the computers,but i have some other problems.
1-network advertises my macbook not by its name ,rather by some wierd MAC address ,00:23:6c:8A:90:57,and for this reason i can not connect to any of its shared files because is not known to the network and no pc is able to access it .from mac side i can access pc files(they show in finder).
2-The documentation of remote login or screen sharing says if i want to connect to my mac from a pc then i need to type "mike-macbook.local." and it will connect or type vnc://ip address or the worst case just type macintosh.local and it will connect ,but none of the above scenarios work as far as screen sharing is concern.
I know leopard is coming with its built in vnc server and if you have a vnc viewer installed on a pc (ihave real vnc on my pc's) then you can remote desktop and interact ,but still nothing.could you tell me what i am doing wrong and how can i fix this problem.thanks in advance.
mike

After connecting an HP C7063A printer directly to the Express via USB and trying to add the printer via "Printers & Scanners" under System Preferences, it does not show up as an available option.
This would normally indicate that HP has not provided network drivers that would allow the printer to function from a network USB connection.
Check with HP Support to see if they might have a printer driver that you could download and install that might work. I doubt that HP has provided drivers for Mavericks (10.9.x), and possibly Mountain Lion (10.8.x), for the printer, but you never know until you ask.
Would it make a difference if the printer was connected to the Time Capsule instead of the Express?
I would be surprised if it made any difference, but it could not hurt to try.
If the printer has an Ethernet connection, you could connect to an Ethernet port on the AirPort Express.

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