Networking Mac 10.6.2 to Windows XP

I am having problems connecting to my windowsXP machine from my newly purchased mac. I've read through threads here and at other places, and nothing has worked. Here is my situation:
I have a system running WindowsXP Media Center Edition, that is connected to the network via a wireless connection, and is physically connected to the external hard drive and printer that I want to access for sharing purposes. I have shared the entire hard drive, as well as the printer. I can ping each computer from the other, have confirmed that they are in the same workgroup, and can see the PC as a "shared" on my Mac. However, no matter which tips and solutions I try that you folks recommended, I keep getting the "invalid username" error message when I try to connect. Interestingly, while I also allowed Guest access on my PC, the Mac claims that my PC does not allow guest access when I try to log in that way.
Anyways, I'm all ears. Even if you have some diagnostic suggestions so I could narrow what the **** the problem is, I would love to hear it. Thanks much.

Well,
It looks like there might be some issues in SL regarding this. However, try the following. Instead iof just putting in your username and password, enter <computer name>\<username> and then your password.
So, if your Windows computer name is (right-click My Computer, Properties, under Computer Name tab) for example "MyWindows" and username is "windowsill" then enter as username: MyWindows\username
Another option is to set your password on Windows to pure numeric.
Got this from: http://www.macwindows.com/snowleopard-filesharing.html#090209d
Let me know if it works.

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