PC no longer sees Airport Disks

I have a new Time Capsule. The HD in my previous one failed.
Everything is fine with my Mac but my PC can't see the USB disks.
After I set up the new Time Capsule the PC Airport Utility immediately updated.
It saw my Time Capsule and asked for my AirPort password and then I see the "unknown user" error.
The Airport Utility is set up for file sharing with AirPort Disks Guest access.
Thanks for any ideas.

I have a new Time Capsule. The HD in my previous one failed.
Everything is fine with my Mac but my PC can't see the USB disks.
After I set up the new Time Capsule the PC Airport Utility immediately updated.
It saw my Time Capsule and asked for my AirPort password and then I see the "unknown user" error.
The Airport Utility is set up for file sharing with AirPort Disks Guest access.
Thanks for any ideas.

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