If a Windows PC cannot see Time Capsule

Like other users in this forum, my Time Capsule worked flawlessly with my MacBook Pro but I initially could not get my Windows PC (XP) to connect with or identify my Time Capsule. Relying on my IT background, I tried for hours doing everything I could think of. Finally, I went into manual set up in Time Capsule on the Mac and changed to channel to the same one that my Linksys wireless adapter uses on the PC. The Time Capsule came right up and I connected with the password immediately. I wish I did that sooner- I would have saved time and aggravation.

I am not as technically savvy as you are. Would you mind explaining what you did for your PC to see your Time Capsule? I have been working on this for two days.
Thanks for your help.

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Windows Vista cannot see Time Capsule

I had a network setup via Time Capsule with iMac, Macbook Pro and PC running Vista Business. I have lost internet connectivity on the PC and Airport utility cannot see Time Capsule. The PC is connected to Time Capsule via etherenet. How can I fix this?
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ONE PROBLEM THOUGH. I believe ONLY PROFESSIONAL versions of windows have the local policies acceptable. This means all of us using HOME editions are screwed.
Home Edition users would have to perform a Registry edit as follows:
1. Open registry editor (ref: Start > Search > Enter: regedit)
2. Browse to HKEYLOCALMACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
3. Create a new DWORD value with the following properties: NAME = LmCompatibilityLevel & VALUE = 1
4. Restart your PC and try the connection again...

Cannot see Time Capsule for backup but internet perfect A

I've seen other posts about time capsule problems and most talk about wireless dropout and loss of internet connectivity. My situation is almost the reverse:
Full airport strength in menu bar. Full access to internet sites on at least one computer. Cannot see Time Capsule via Airport Utility or in Finder on any computer. Time Machine backups fail (marked as Delayed in menu bar item).
If I reboot (via unplugging) the Time Capsule, it shows up again in Airport Utility and backups are successful. This has happened three times now. I think the first time was prior to upgrading the firmware. The second two times were after the Time Capsule firmware upgrade. In the second two instances, it looks like the backups run for about 12-13 hours, every hour. No problems. Then, they drop out. Yesterday, it ran from 8:30 AM until 9 PM.
I've got two Macs (a Powerbook G4 and a MacBook Pro), each running latest software updates (security, 10.5.2, etc.).
Unplugging (rebooting) my Time Capsule each day is not an option. That's partly why I moved from an ancient LinkSys router that always needed to be rebooted since we lost local and internet access. Any help is much appreciated!
Cheers,
Drew

Have you set up the TC with user accounts??
Most people just use the TC password..
I have done very little with user accounts on the TC.. it seems fundamentally wrong headed to me.. If you have a domain controller with everyone using accounts to login that is fine.. and the TC would then exist in connection to the domain controller.. but it is a home device and there is no function to all that.
What will happen if you change over to standard security or even turn on the guest account I am too scared to suggest as you may not easily get connection back again.. The TC certainly displays a warning going to accounts.. I am not sure of warnings going away from accounts.
If you didn't setup the TC, do you have admin access to it??
Perhaps I am assuming too much before you tell me everything. But I may suggest things you don't want to try.. unfortunately I cannot say this will work.. the issue is widespread across the Mountain Lion TC combo and I have yet to see Apple suggest a solution or even fess up there is a problem. Daily reboots are just simply now a part of the scene for all windows and Mac users.
Is the TC the main router for the network.. 1 hour is not default lease in the TC and very few people even know how to change it.. standard is 1day. I would consider 1hr adequately short for all arp tables to be kept up to date.. the computer should be seeking new lease at 30min.. ie half lease time.
If the TC is bridged an not controlling the network.. that can contribute to the issue.
Setting a static IP on the TC if it is bridged my help.

Help - G4 cannot see Time Capsule on Powerup

Hi,
I have one computer - an old G4, an iPhone and a PS3 connected to my Time Capsule (bought in May).
-G4 is connected by Ethernet
-PS3 and iPhone wirelessly
I usually put my G4 to sleep, and wake it, and everything's fine.
Twice now, the power has gone out, and when it comes back, the Time Capsule is green, and the PS3 and iPhone can see it. I boot the G4, and it cannot see it. The G4 also shows a date in 1969 (does that indicate other issues?).
I have tried the following both times -
Resetting the Time Capsule with the pin - does not work
Unplugging and resetting the time capsule with pin - does not work
Rebooting the computer and clearing out the PRAM - does not work
Changing the date to after 2001 on the clock, - no help
Of course, now that I've reset the time capsule, I can't configure it again and have lost the wireless connection.
Last time I eventually got it to work - but it seemed random as to how. I'm frustrated, and I would like any advice possible. I hope it's the computer and not the Time Capsule. Any thoughts? Thank you in advance.

Now I'm getting really annoyed.
Went to see the mac genius today at the Apple store. Saw it wirelessly no problem.
Saw it via Ethernet no problem. When I got him to check that there was a file on the hard drive he did it wirelessly though.
Told me Time Capsule was fine (and I believe him). Told me to take it home, create a second ethernet connection, and trash preferences for "System Configuration" if necessary. Did all that, booted, found the Time Capsule no problem.
Thought my problem was solved, but was it?
Turned off the computer, turned it on a few hours later - will not see Time Capsule, Airport will not recognize it AGAIN. Tried trashing preferences and rebooting - it doesn't work.
I'm able to connect the ethernet cable directly to the DSL modem and use PPPOE, it's fine.
I don't get it. What else can I do?

Windows 8 cant see time capsule

How do i get Win 8 to see time capsule?

This is the first time I have seen the question.. I guess it was coming.
Did you have TC working with previous version of windows??
Ping the TC and see if you can reach it. If not that is where to start.
When you say.. see.. do you mean connect to the internet or use hard disk resources??

Parallels Win7 - Airport Utility cannot see Time Capsule

Running Win7 as virtual machine on Mac using Parallels 5.0. Mac can see fully functioning time capsule but when I switch to Win7 virtual machine, airport utility will briefly see time capsule and then it disappears completely. Same happens with using bonjour printer wizard when the HP Laserjet connected via USB to the time capusle will first appear and then disappear after 5-8 seconds. Searched help forums and have not found a solution, and welcome any help please. Internet access via time capsule on Win7 virtual machine not a problem at all.

Same issue, I found this http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?t=21064
Time Capsule is not a complete product.

Cannot see time capsule on Airport Utility (Vista Home)

Hi I have a new Time Capsule. Have set up Airport Utility on Windows Vista Home Premium. But I cannot find the time capsule on the airport utility. I tried restarting, rescanning. Help!!!!!!!

Ok.. You don't need to use the airport utility then.. it is irrelevant if the windows computer can see it or not in the utility.
What is AC?
The new TC is AC wireless.
Open Windows Explorer.. type
\\TCIPaddress into the address bar. where you replace that that with the actual IP address.
eg \\10.0.1.1
It should show up.. If it fails, then turn off the vista firewall.. and open a command prompt and ping the TC by name and IP address.
Note names like Fred Blog's Airport Time Capsule.. are useless for windows.
You need SMB compatible names.. eg TCgen5
Wireless also should be TCwifi for example.
Short, no spaces and pure alphanumeric.
Once you do that does the TC disk show in the Vista computer??
It must respond to pings.. make sure windows hasn't changed the computer from home to work or public network.. windows can do that spontaneously because it was full moon.

Time machine cannot see time capsule event though I have a green light

I have a green light on my time capsule but time machine on my macbook pro cannot no longer see the time capsule. i have gone through the procedures to find it and reset the time capsule, only again to get to the solid green light stage but time machine still cannot see it.
can anyone tell me what i am doing wrong? Thanks

I had the same problem this morning. Anyone have any ideas?

Pc cannot see time capsule on network

I have a PC running windows 8.1 it connects to the internet just fine through the time capsule, but it does not recognize it in network places. Although the other PCs in my windows homegroup and my Mac do. I ran the networking trouble shooter in Windows and it does not detect a problem. Any suggestions of what I can do next?

Load the airport utility for windows .. 5.6.1 onto the computer.. it can be a bit difficult as it is now getting old. Apple are being lazy or deliberately recalcitrant about windows. Since this utility is not even up to configuring the newest airports.
But it has bonjour for windows and a disk agent that makes things easier.
Make sure the windows computer is set to home as network location.. not work.. not public.
Ping the TC in a command window. If it fails to respond turn off the firewall. Keep changing things. because it will never work whilst ping is unresponsive.
Once ping responds. See if you can access it by directly typing the name into address bar.
\\TCname or \\TCIPaddress
If your TC has one of those long Apple names.. which is not compliant with windows networking.. (albeit the other PC works it will not work 100%, use the IP address).

Windows can't see Time Capsule. Should I reset?

Hi,
only had my MacBook 4 months so this is all still rather new!
I setup my Time Capsule without any problems and use it for my Time Machine backup. My wifes PC (running XP SP2) could see the HDD and I copied her photos onto it. Now her PC can't see the disk!
How can I fix this? Should I reset the Time Capsule? Will that delete the backup?
BTW the few "Why does it do that?" moments are vastly outnumbered by that "Oh that's nice/clever/cool!!!" ones.
Thanks

Hello bsalisbury1. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
When running your Gateway under WinXP, can it see any other wireless networks in the area? If not, then there may be something wrong with the WinXP driver for the Linksys card or the card is not configured properly. Is your Time Capsule (TC) wireless network encrypted: WEP, WPA, or WPA2? If it is, and you temporarily disable it, can the desktop see the TC network now?

Cannot see Time Capsule in Finder

Greetings. I purchased a brand new Time Capsule. I set it up, and it would appear to be synced with Time Machine and working (steady green light) but I am wondering why I am unable to locate "Time Capsule" in my Finder? Thanks for your help. chris

Although Finder Preferences is normally set to "Show Connected Servers on the desktop", check to see if this is the case
Click anywhere on the open desktop to display the Finder menus at the top of the screen
Click Finder, then click Preferences, then the General tab
Under the heading of "Show these items on the desktop", make sure that there is a check mark next to "Connected Servers"
Then restart the Mac to see if the Time Capsule icon will appear under the SHARED heading in the Finder

How to print from windows 7 pc on time capsule network?

I added a new pc with windows 7 on my time capsule network. Existing network includes 2 macbook pros and 1 mac mini with boot camp and windows xp. I have been using the windows xp with bootcamp on the mac mini and printing from it for a couple years. We don't share files between the notebooks and mac mini, just internet access and printing. My bootcamp side got too full which is why I added the new windows pc (yuk) for my windows programs but I cannot figure out how to get the windows pc to recognize my printer connected to airport time capsule. I installed the printer software and drivers and connected it with usb and printed but when I connect the printer back to time capsule the pc doesn't see it. Also, I downloaded bonjour from apple site but still no go. Any help is appreciated. As you can probably tell, I only know enough to be dangerous. That's why I love my Macs, they just work!

The problem is you loaded the printer directly and now do not have it plugged in.. so delete the printer in the control panel.. then setup the printer again.. this time connect to it as network printer. The bonjour should make it available as a network resource..
Tell me if you still run into trouble doing that. You may need to load the IP of the TC manually..
Window7 has higher security level than xp.. and that can sometimes also cause issues.
Are you using SMB compliant names for the TC, wireless and printer??
Can the windows 7 computer get internet via the TC? Can you ping it?
Look up how to reduce the security level in windows to match xp.. I don't remember the details but you have to do some nifty footwork.

How do i back up my windows 7 pc to time capsule?

how do i back up my windows 7 pc to time capsule?

Can you see the TC disk in win7?
If not, you need to setup the TC correctly. ie use all SMB compatible names.. not apple names with spaces and apostrophes. Short, no spaces, pure alphanumeric.
On the file sharing page set the correct workgroup, generally WORKGROUP.
And if you can set the guest account on, to read and write.. makes life easier.
In the windows computer load airport utility for win7. That includes bonjour for windows and access agent to the disk. This is not 100% essential but makes things easier.
Open windows explorer and type
\\TCname or \\TCIPaddress into the address bar.. replacing that obviously with actual name or IP.
Now apple do not provide backup software for windows. And win7 home editions cannot backup to network drives.. pro and ultimate can.. thanks bill for product differentiation.. no matter, MSbackup is the worst possible backup utility ever made. There are literally hundreds of backup softwares available for windows.. 99% of them can do network backups. Even on home editions. Buy or try one you download.
I use Macrium Reflect.. free to do disk backup.. you will have to pay for it to do incrementals.
Genie Time Line has a Time Machine like look about it.. but is expensive.
Look up reviews of suitable windows backups. Or use robocopy and script it.

Can't see Time Capsule in finder using Yosemite OS

I'm using Yosemite 10.10.1 on my MacBook Pro and I just purchased a 1TB time capsule to replace my Belkin wireless router and WD external hard drive. I have my wireless network configured and am able to connect to the internet/connect wireless printer, but I cannot access Time Capsule in Finder. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Welcome to Yosemite.
Open up System Preferences, then open Sharing
Check to see if the name of the Mac appears correctly....and there is not a (2), (3), (4) etc appearing as part of the name.
Some users have reported that turning off the firewall on their Macs has helped with this issue.
It may...or may not....help to make sure that the settings for IPv6 are set to Link Local Only on your Mac
Open System Preferences.....
Open Network > Click on WiFi > Click on Advanced > TCP/IP tab > Configure IPv6 set to Link Local Only > OK > Apply
Network > Click on Ethernet> Click on Advanced > TCP/IP tab > Configure IPv6 set to Link Local Only > OK > Apply
One of a number of articles that are appearing about the bug ridden Yosemite operating system:
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/01/why-dns-in-os-x-10-10-is-broken-and-what-yo u-can-do-to-fix-it/

Mac can not see time capsule

i bought Time capsule over Amazon .Air port works fine , but my mac can not see time capsule,,,sometime does , but most of the time not...
It is a problem with time capsule i have 2 T new generation

You don't mention what type of Mac you have, but is there any way you can move it around to see if that affects the problem? If you hold down an "option" key while you pull down the AirPort/WiFi menu bar item, you should see a value labeled "RSSI" that is the strength of the wireless signal. A value closer to zero is stronger. For example, -30 is decent but -80 is poor.
By the way, you don't seem to have declared any of your system details in your profile or didn't select your details to be included in your post. Those can help people give you correct advice. To update that, click on "Your Stuff" near the top of a window on these discussion groups, then on "Profile". Scroll down to "My Products" and either edit an existing one or add a new one.

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