Can time capsule back up a windows pc?

My Time Capsule works great with the MacBook Pro.  My wife uses a Windows Vista laptop which I would also like to backup on the Time Capsule.  Is this possible?  If so, what do I need to add to the Window's machine?

You can backup windows laptop to the TC.
So I disagree with Lex.. He might be thinking TM which is Mac only software. The hardware of the TC is just a network drive..  the wisdom of it maybe in his favour though.
Read up about mixing data with TM backups.
http://pondini.org/TM/Time_Capsule.html
See Q3
For windows to work you need to setup the TC correctly .. ie get rid of those nasty apple names and use SMB type names, ie short, no spaces, pure alphanumeric.
Load Bonjour for windows, or the whole airport utility for windows into the laptop.
Set the file sharing on the TC to using the guest account with read and write permissions.. this is not 100% necessary but easier. But do set the workgroup correctly .. generally WORKGROUP.
And then you need a backup utility that speaks networks.. 99% do.. except MSBackup on the home edition windows.. but even the pro version is so terrible the vast majority of people would consider an hour on the rack preferable.
Buy something that actually works. There are a zillion backup softwares for windows.. just look at the reviews.
I use Macrium Reflect free edition.. which does full disk backup but you have to pay to get incremental. Works fine to TC. with caveats per the reference in pondini.

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