Windows Sharing "Accounts..." passwords do not reset?

I am trying to connect my PC to my Mac and it seems to work fine for my laptop but not for my G5 tower. So, I went into my sharing preferences on my G5 and checked that my Windows Sharing was turned on, it was. Then I clicked on the Accounts... button at the bottom right (while selected on Windows Sharing) and there was a list of all the Mac user accounts. This page states...
"Sharing with Windows computers requires storing your password in a less secure manner. You must enter the password for each account that you want to enable."
My administrative account is already selected, so I try to deselect it and it asks me for my password...
"Enter Account Password - Enter <Name>'s password to disable Windows Sharing for this account."
When I enter it in, it says "Incorrect Password" when I am sure it is the correct one. Why does this password not work and what can I do to reset it?
This seems like some sort of Apple bug to me?

Yeah, I assumed the password should be the Administrative password, but that is not working and I have tried multiple times so I am sure I am entering it correctly.
I can't connect to any windows shares because of this problem. So I am sure that there are no "shares mounted".
I mentioned that it is working on my laptop. So when I go to this same account settings area on the laptop, the admin password does work for this same setting.
I basically need some way of resetting this windows share account password from a different place? Does anyone know where I can do this? a preference file maybe or a plist file?

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