Cannot See Windows PCs in Mac Leo Network Folder

[Insidious311]

Is anyone able to see Windows PCs from their network in the Network Folder (Go>Network)?

 

All that shows up in mine is my Router (Linksys WRT350N). Leopard 10.5.3

 

I have a laptop running Vista Home Premium, and a Desktop running Xp SP2. They can see each other and my Hackintosh as well as browse, but the Mac cannot see or browse them, at least not without going to Go>Connect to server...

 

I don't want to have to do that every time, I want to be able to browse.

 

I've tried disabling the firewalls on the PCs (Bitdefender 2009), I've tried editing the registry (LSA... LmCompatibitilyLevel 3->1), I've changed the Location from Automatic to my workgroup name, in the Network prefences, i've set DHCP manually, set WINS to my workgroup and server manually...

 

The last thing I have tried is this:

 

Type this in Terminal:

 

$ sudo pico /etc/smb.conf

 

Then add the following line to the [global] section:

 

name resolve order = lmhosts bcast wins

 

Save it, then disable and reenable file-sharing from the Network [sic: we think this should be Sharing. -Ed] panel, checking "Advanced..." to make sure that SMB is enabled. After a minute or two, your Shared should be back in the sidebar.

 

...but it didnt work. I placed the name resolve code like this

 

[global]

debug pid = yes

log level = 1

server string = Mac OS X

name resolve order = lmhosts bcast wins

 

did I put it in the right place? I also repaired disk permissions right after.

 

Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[Insidious311]

Upgraded to iDeneb 10.5.7, still an issue. The XP machine seems to stick around for a bit, but the Vista Machine comes and goes as it pleases.

 

Any ideas?