How do you connect to your macs from XP machine on same network?

[Seacrest]

Turn on "SMB" sharing from the Mac's "File Sharing" options in the Sharing pref pane.

Sometimes Mac shares don't show up in XP's network.
At these times it may be necessary to enter the Mac's IP address directly.

I've found also that installing Apple's Bonjour can be a big help.