Aplle computers locating Time Capsule; but, no luck with PC

My PC cannot identify my Time Capsule router? Anyone experiencing the same problem? Any suggestions? No problems with connecting to my Mac computers.
Thanks,
Jay

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Mar 17, 2008 8:43 AM

6 replies

Mar 18, 2008 5:11 PM in response to Community User

I had the same problem,

1- install the new airport software from the apple web site, under downloads on the mac

2-in the airport utility under manual setup / go to disk / check enable file sharing / under workgroup type in MSHOME

3-update

4- on the pc in control panel / performance and maintenance / system / computer name / change workgroup to MSHOME

5- remove existing windows airport software

6- pc go to step 1 / apple web site download airport software for windows / install / password access should be same as the airport disk utility

the apple web site downloads are an updated version, this was what I did with a little help from everyone here on this discussion. My Daughter uses the pc for college and the backup with norton 360 works great.

Let me know how it works out
Thanks Mike

Apr 23, 2008 9:15 PM in response to Michael Ricard

I had quite some problems to get my pc to see the time capsule too.
I found the download AirPort Utility 5.3.1 for Windows on the apple support/download page.
Downloaded it and restarted the pc - everything works like a charm.

I use synctoy to back up my pc. That syncs my hard drive to the time capsule from Parallels (which I don't like) perfectly.


Did the same to my dell pc and it works great.

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