Cant see PC's in finder shared component

Hi, Im totally new to the mac world. i have a wireless network, 3 PC's and one mac. i wish to work mainly from the mac and have all other computers as servers in the finder shared component. the problem is that i can connect to the PC only manually. i wanna see them all under shared in the finder window. what should i do?
ive search this database but couldn't find the specific solution to my problem.
Thanks
Shay

Without really knowing your network i'll try to help.
Basically you need to have a shared folder on the PC's and know their IP adress's. You then use OS X's Go to Server command and type in the IP of the PC machine. The Shared folder should then be displayed.

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