PC server not showing up in Finder under shared

Hi
I installed Leopard on the 26th and my home windows PC is not showing up under shared and its not showing up in the network folder under mshome like it did in tiger. ive checked the PC and file sharing is enabled in the firewall and i even installed bonjour for windows but no luck.
the only way i can do it is "connect to server" (command-k) in the finer and use SMB smb://IP/shared name but it shows up under shared with an apple display icon and the PCs IP address. i was under the impression that PC servers automagically appear in the finder under shared with its shared name and a PC icon with the "blue screen of death". how do i get it to do this?
thanks

Hi,
One of the posters in this forum said that you had to do the change of workgroup in a Location profile that's not active. Then, change to that inactive Location profile for the thing to work.
Here's what I did on mine. I created a copy of the current working Location profile. Using the copy, I went to the WINS section and changed the workgroup to whatever my workgroup name was (make sure you press ENTER too for the workgroup name to stick). Then, I switched to the copy.
Regards,
Albertus

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