Snow Leopard and a Windows network

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Published on 2010-03-06T03:25:31Z Indexed on 2010/03/16 0:40 UTC
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I have just added a MBP to my home network and while I can connect to the internet etc, i cannot browse my home networked computers. I have already added a new location in my Network preferences yet when I goto the WINS tab, there is no dropdown to select my workgroup so i manually enter it.

From what I have read, once I go to the finder and open the network, i should see the workgroup and systems...yet i do not. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

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