Mac computer does not show up in Network

I have a windows vista home premium 64 and a mac os leapord and both connected to same router/network. IP addresses are fine. I can connect to shared folders/drives from the pc to the mac, but the mac does not show up in the network folder on my windows vista machine. Extremely annoying, any help with this issue would be great!!!

In order to show up in that list, a machine must perform what are called "browser announcements" (nothing to do with your internet browser). If the Mac is not doing those, it won't show up in the list.

Try accessing the Mac directly based on its name. On the Vista machine: start, run, \\NameOfMac\ValidShareNameHere

That bypasses the browser list and makes a direct connection to the server and share you specify.

Thanks, i am able to connect to each of the drives directly. Is there a way to turn on this "browser announcements"?

I don't know. That would be a question for a Mac forum, unless someone else here comes up with an answer.

You will will need to enable windows sharing on the MAC