Previously backed up wife's Compaq Laptop along with my iMac and MacBook Pro to Time Capsule.  Replaced wife's Windows Vista Laptop with new Sony Windows 8 Laptop.  Now can't access Time Capsule to back-up.

I also need advice on removing old Compaq back-up.  That laptop is dead.  Hard drive wiped and removed before recycling.  Help

Windows 8 seems to still be waiting for bonjour..
Open windows explorer and type in the TC address directly in the address bar.
\\TCIPaddress or TCname
Replace with the actual of course.
If no go, ping the TC ip address .. still no go, then the networking on the windows machine is set wrongly.. never used win8 so no idea.. but turn off the firewall and ensure the laptop is in the home area, not work not public.
You have to get ping response to open the TC.
On the TC setup the guest access to on and full read and write access.

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