Two XP PC's and one Time Capsule

Thanks in advance for your help on this one! I've scoured the boards and can't seem to find my same predicament.
I've installed the airport utility on a PC running XP, and the Time Capsule is serving as my main media library for iTunes, Apple TV, etc. I'm all good there. What I can't seem to figure out is how to allow another PC in the house to access the shared drive on the Time Capsule.
From what I can tell, I am using all of the correct settings on the Time Machine. I just can't figure out how to allow the other PC (w/out the airport utility installed) access to the shared disc. Do I have to install the airport utility on the 2nd machine, as well?
Many thanks, again, for any assistance you may be able to offer.

1. Yes, you can backup either wired or wireless, and I do recommend doing the first backup wired. When I say wired, that is using an ethernet cable to connect to the Time Capsule via one of the LAN ports.
2. You can setup internet anytime. Just hook up the ethernet cable from your cable or dsl modem into the WAN port of the Time Capsule and then go through Time Capsule setup using AirPort Utility.
3. You don't need to unplug your internet or another computer when backing up. Whether you backup via wired or wireless the Time Capsule will only allow one computer to backup to it at a time and it will have one of the computers wait if both computers try to back up at the same time.
4. The USB port on Time Capsule is used only for external hard drives and printers. You cannot use the USB port for backup of your computer, nor would you want to since it would be a lot slower than using ethernet.

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