Windows 7 machine cannot see files on mac os x 10.4 server

We can connect, but not see shared folders or files. PC machine is running Windows 7 professional, server is running 10.4.1.
Any thoughts?

Mac OS X file sharing
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106461
There are 3 methods Mac OS uses to share folders:
-- Windows shares
-- native Mac shares
-- Unix shares
The Mac OS client shares the the public folder. You may try putting an alias in your public folder to the flash drive. To share the flash drive directly, you need SharePoints.
The Mac OS X client version contains most of the sharing software. It doesn't contain an extensive GUI for manipulating the software configuration.
"SharePoints is an application or a preference pane that makes it easy to add and delete share points like in the old Finder. In Mac OS X, by default, you are limited to sharing only what is in your public folder in your home directory. This program makes it easy to share any folder."
http://www.hornware.com/sharepoints/
Mac OS includes support for NFS, the native Unix network file sharing system. You may share files between Mac OS X systems with NFS as well as other Unix Systems. However, the documentation on how you make the shares is rather limited. Once you learn how to configure the net info database with the netinfo command, the shares are not too hard to make.
I used this program.
"NFS Manager provides a clearly laid out graphical user interface to almost all built-in NFS functions of Mac OS X. Using NFS features becomes very easy."
http://www.bresink.com/osx/143439-2/details.html
or
http://www.bresink.de/osx/NFSManager.html
details that are way beyond me.
http://www.behanna.org/osx/nfs/howto1.html
Access windows files
http://lifehacker.com/247148/how-to-mount-a-windows-shared-folder-on-your-mac
Robert

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