Problems sharing screen w/ iMac Intel and macbook

'm new to networking, so I hope someone can lead me in the right direction. I have a new iMac Intel running Leopard. I also have a MacBook2,1 running Tiger. They both are on my Airport Extreme network.
I can screen share from my iMac to my MacBook, but not the other way around. When I try to access my iMac from my MacBook I get the dreaded beachball for about a minute then it won't connect. I have "file sharing" and "screen sharing" enabled in my system prefs on my iMac.
Am I missing something here?

I have a similar problem. I screen share with my friend who's across the Atlantic ocean. We both have Macbooks (mine is a Pro).
I can share my screen to his account but not the other way around. The option to share his screen is always grayed out. HOWEVER, if he quits his account and logs into say the "Guest" account, all of a sudden I can share his screen.
All the Sys Prefs options are the same for both accounts, so I have no idea why this is happening. We both upgraded our previous Tiger installations so I'm not sure why his is causing so much trouble.
Last thing: last nite I was able to share his screen but NOT by click on the little icon at the bottom of iChat. A totally different, long horizontal bar showed up on the screen asking me to choose either sharing my screen or his. If anyone can point me back to that option, I would appreciate it because it was the only thing that actually did work.

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