Windows Shares Usually Not Present

I have a home network with 2 Windows Vista PCs and a Macbook. One of the PCs my Macbook is connected wirelessly. The printer I wish to use is connected to the remaining wired PC. The Vista computers can see each other's shares including files and printers perfectly. My Mac, on the other hand, rarely shows Windows computers on the left panel of the Finder. I am able to connect to the desired windows share by using "Connect to Folder" and entering smb://192.168.x.x. I suppose this works, but this isn't really an elegant solution and I cannot use any printer shares.
So, why doesn't my Windows shares show in the Finder all the time?

Not a SMB guru, but this thread might help:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1322993&tstart=15
There are a bunch of others, so searching might bring some answers too. I did a quick search in the Help menu for "Connect Windows" and found one titled "If a Windows computer doesn’t appear in the Network browser" that might help. Good luck...

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Obviously this is some sort of bug? I am alone in experiencing this?
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Problem statement
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File Server (Role)
+- Server for NFS (Role) << -- installed
General --
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Encoding: ANSI
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-- John Willis, Facebook: John-Willis, Skype: john.willis7416

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-- John Willis, Facebook: John-Willis, Skype: john.willis7416

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prova.vi ‏55 KB

Hi,
I tried your vi: I don't get any error message after removing the disk but LV7 keeps on accessing the drive at regular intervals even if you stop the vi and close it!!! This is not supposed to happen.
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Attachments:
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