Accessing other computers in network

Sorry if this is a repeat - just got my mac & have 2 other windows desktops on my network... I have enabled some of those folders on the PCs (pics, MP3s) to be shared on the network... yet I can't seem to see those shared files when I look from my mac.
There must be a way i can access those shared folders/files from the mac, and probably vice versa. Please point me in the right direction to figure this out!
Thanks.

http://www.ifelix.net/tech/ has a lot of cross-platform interoperability information on it, for example how to share files between a Vista home edition and Leopard can be found at http://www.ifelix.net/tech/3022.html.

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