Airport Extreme/Windows XP

Airport Extreme is no longer working on the Windows XP laptops on my network. I can connect to the internet with no problem, but it won't recognize the base station. When I try to configure it using "Configure Other" it opens, but as soon as I close the window, it gives me the same message, that there are no base stations nearby. I'm broadcasting the SSID and using WEP protection (it couldn't connect using WPA). It has been working fine for the past several months, so I'm not sure what is causing the problem. I'm unable to print using the network printer now, as Bonjour won't load either.
If anyone has any suggestions, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks so much.

I fixed it.
I clicked START > CONTROL PANEL > NETWORK & INTERNET CONNECTIONS > SET UP A WIRELESS NETWORK FOR A HOME OR SMALL OFFICE.
Next, I typed the existing name of the Airport Extreme network into the empty space presented by the wizard and then I clicked through the rest of the steps of the wizard and that is what had -- for whatever mysterious reason -- happened. The name of the network was somehow missing from that wizard! I'll never understand Microsoft Windows.
Private Idaho

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