How do I set up my Windows 7 laptop to view computers on my home network through time capsule?

I have a mac connected to a Time Capsule.  I am able to use my laptop to wirelessly connect to the internet (through the time capsule), but am unable to access files stored on the time capsule.  I was able to do this with another laptop, but have no idea how.  Can anyone help?

Load the airport utility onto the win7 computer and that will also load the required files to see the airport.. but you should be able to access it as a normal network drive..
In windows explorer simply type the ip address as normal.. ie \\ipaddress\sharename
Don't use homegroup if you expect anything else to work.

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