Access HDD of Airport Time Capsule 2TB from Windows 7 PC?

Dear Community,
I have difficulties to access the hard drive of my new ATC from my Windows 7 PC.
It works completely fine with my MacBook. The wireless works fine from my Windows PC. It is only the HDD that I cant get a connection to.
I installed the Airport Utiliy and it is "unabled to find any AirPort wireless devices". I tried the amateur stuff to fix it (de-activate the firewall, etc.).
My question is: what are the tests I have to run so I can locate the issue? What are the common reasons for the HDD not to be recognized?
Note: the PC is a company laptop - so there might be some settings through that. But if I know the source of the issue I can ask our company IT to change those settings.
Let me know if you need more info to help!
Thanks!
Michael

The failure of the airport utility to find the TC suggests something more fundamental is wrong.
1. Use ethernet. Plug the laptop directly into the TC. Make sure you have internet connection and wireless is off.
2. In windows explorer type directly into the address bar the TC name or IP address.
\\TCname or \\TCIPaddress
If both of them fail and you still have internet access then the issue is firewall.
3. Test again with airport utility.
4. Ensure that the PC is set to home location, not work or public. Turn off all internet security, not just the firewall you can see.. as there can be another you cannot see.
5. If your laptop is setup for windows domain controller, then explain to your IT department you want to connect to peer to peer resources at home. It maybe blocked somehow.

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