PC can't see the Mac files in network

[Roxy]

I have a PC, with XP-Home, connected via a router to my Mac-OSX. From the
Mac I can do any number of operations, including transferring files from the
Mac to the PC and extract files from the PC to the Mac, from the Mac itself.
I can also print from the Mac to either printer, the Mac's or the PC's.
Yet, something happened in the last few days and now when I try to connect
from the PC to the Mac, through My Network Places, Entire Network, Microsoft
Windows Network, Workgroup and click on "Mac OS X (my name...)", I get a
warning saying that the Mac is not accessible and that the network path was
not found.
The name of the Mac computer seems to have been changed, but there is no way
I can delete or change the name to what I believe was the original name;
what Mac calls the short name of the computer.
How can I change or modify the properties so my PC can see the Mac. Also,
when the network was working Ok, I could not print from the PC to the Mac's
printer -- it just printed gibberish, or rather, the unformatted version of
whatever it was that I was printing at hat time, with codes galore.
Help! Thank you.

 

[LaManchaDQ]

I have a PC, with XP-Home, connected via a router to my Mac-OSX. From the
Mac I can do any number of operations, including transferring files from
the Mac to the PC and extract files from the PC to the Mac, from the Mac
itself. I can also print from the Mac to either printer, the Mac's or the
PC's.
Yet, something happened in the last few days and now when I try to connect
from the PC to the Mac, through My Network Places, Entire Network,
Microsoft Windows Network, Workgroup and click on "Mac OS X (my name...)",
I get a warning saying that the Mac is not accessible and that the network
path was not found.
The name of the Mac computer seems to have been changed, but there is no
way I can delete or change the name to what I believe was the original
name; what Mac calls the short name of the computer.
How can I change or modify the properties so my PC can see the Mac. Also,
when the network was working Ok, I could not print from the PC to the
Mac's printer -- it just printed gibberish, or rather, the unformatted
version of whatever it was that I was printing at hat time, with codes
galore.
Help! Thank you.

The name may not have changed. This sounds as if you are having a computer
browser issue. Try the following.
Shut down both Mac and PC.
Turn on the PC first - let it connect to the network.
The turn on the Mac.Login but don't do any netowrk activity.
On the PC see if your workgroup now has the Mac in it. Best thing is to
View Workgroup Computers. Don't try connecting from your old mapped drives.

If you are able to connect this way you will always probably could connect
this way.

 

[Roxy]

LaMancha:

It works as you suggested. The only thing I'm missing now is the Mac
printer, but I can live without it.

Thanks a lot.