Using Finder's "Connect to Server" on a Windows PC

I have a Windows PC that I would like to convert to a Mac-Friendly Media server without reformatting. I am having a few issues in writing files to the PC.
1. When I type in the local IP address (10.0.x.x), or the computer name it prompts me to log in as a registered user. My user name does not have a password, and I can not leave the password field blank, so it won't log me in. When I put a password on my Windows user account, it still denies my login with the new password. It does let me connect as a guest, but I can only read files, which brings me to number two.
2. I can only read files on the Windows PC, not write to it. Is it because that I have connected as a guest? Will resolving the login issue allow me to write files to the Windows PC?
Thanks!

That's what I was thinking. I have read numerous "how-to's" about this, and all of them say that this is possible, but I think what I am really reading is "How to copy files between computers" and not "How to use a PC as a server."
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