Do I Need To Back-Up This File? Airport Utility Problem Too....

Hi all....
I need to start by thanking those in this particular forum for all of your help. My Time Capsule was unable to complete it's initial back-up - I made 4 calls and 3 hours on the phone with Apple Care and they were not able to figure out my Time Capsule problem.
Scanning the forums I saw several suggestions, one was to exclude some files so you can zone in on the problem. First file I tried - worked! It was labeled Previous System - I believe this is the file for my old operating system (Tiger). Is it worth scanning this file to find the problem - or do I even need this file backed up?
Also, recently I have been having trouble with my airport utility. Whenever I select Manual Setup - the program freezes and I get the spinning wheel. My network is working fine - but I can't get my other cpu (PC) to print from the network printer. When I try to print - it just comes up as an error with no details. I figured it was a network setting - but like I said, when I click on the manual set-up - I just get the spinning wheel and I have to force quit. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Nick

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