AE works for Mac, but can't be detected by PC?

Hi everyone,
I've been hovering around on the forums reading stuff for a while now but I've only just decided to actually log on and post something because I've come up against a brick wall of a problem...
I've had my AirPort Express for over a year now. It's worked fine up until about a week ago; I've been accessing the Internet from my two Macs and my family's been doing the same from their PCs without a hitch.
As of a few days ago, however, the main electrical fuse in the entire apartment blew. I'm not sure if that's the problem, but now the PCs can't even detect my AE wireless network. My Mac, on the other hand, automatically connected to it as usual.
I've checked up on the settings for the AE to see if it was reset or something, but it looks alright (I mean, if it worked fine for me without having to adjust anything, then why shouldn't it work for the PCs?).
No matter what I do, I can't seem to detect the network even if I bring a Windows notebook right up against the AE. It's driving me crazy. I just can't seem to figure out what's wrong. Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Adrian

Welcome, adrianma.cq ,
If your mac's and the AE talk with each other as before, it means that the Mac's and the AE have not changed. this leaves only one conlcusion: the PC's have changed.
what i would do: throw the network open by setting it in Airport admin. utility, and see whether the pc's can see it. if yes, it is a question of getting the right network name and wassword. if the pc's can't see it, then move (at least one of) them close to the AE and see whether there is a signal (still keep the AE network open and unprotected).
Now it depends: if you see a faint signal, the pc's antenna's, drivers, whatsoever have suffered. if you nothing, it might be that the pc'antenna's are switched off, or their setting is completely changed, or ...
Unfortunately i'm not familiar with pc's and wireless, (and - after having seen my sister's trouble with this, I want to keep it like this...) - i mean: the problem is clearly on the side of the pc,s not of the AE, and the only thing i see which you can do is to open up the networks so that the pc's MUST see it.
Success, Thomas

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