Sharing files on a VISTA machine with my iMac via network domain.

As I always say, forgive me. I am new to this Mac world. I love it, but being an admin for a network of 300 PCs and trying to get this iMac to join the gang isn't as simple as I had hoped.
FWIW this iMac has admitmac running on it.
I want to share all the users files on her Vista machine that she wants on her new iMac I am configuring, and I want to be able to get on her iMac and pull them over to it via the network... looking for the easiest, no-nonsense way to do that... though with Vista involved, I know that may be a problem.
Oh, Kappy rocks.

Hi James
Any of the following articles help?
http://www.ifelix.net/tech/3022.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1549
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2518?
Dennis

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> include :- Hostname, IP address, Username and so on... But I can't see
> the MAC address of the user machine/system. Is there any way I can get
> the Mac address of the endpoint system as its one of the important
> criteria for our project.
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