PC's cannot see my iMac on a Windows network

Hi. I am on a uni campus network. I can see everyone's computers (almost exclusively they are pc's) but no one can see me.
However, when I use Shakespeer to connect to a P2P sort of network made of the same computers (ie, the uni doesn't know about it) everyone can see me fine.
So how do I set things up so people can see me on the normal network?
Pretty sure we use a proxy.
If that makes sense...
Thanks.

Okay,
a) can you test if any of the windows pcs can connect to your Imac via the follwoing method:
1. Right click on Network on the windows desktop and choose "Connect network drive" (or similiar)
2. Enter \\youripaddress\yourusername in the first line and press connect.
you should be asked for password and user and then there should be a connection to your mac...
b) check your workgroup setting via /Applications/Utilities/DirectoryServices -> SMB/CIFS settings
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