smb and win 98/2000

[hagity]

I have SMB installed and configured successfully in my Linux box- (FILE SERVER) when I want to get in the shared directories from my windows computer (win98/2000) I can see  the other computers and the shared directories but I don't see the names of the files even not at the explorer. If I write the name of the file in Word application it opens it (but I want to see the list of the files and to choose from there- but I can't). I don't get any error massage and windows doesn't ask me for  password or anything else. What can I do about it ?  Hagit