Airport Express fails to work with Win Vista

Ive got a 802.11 n airport express.
My girlfriend's laptop with windows vista becomes disconnected with internet every hour. However, It shows in the tool bar that the laptop is connecting to the internet, while the MSN messenger and IE browser fail to connect to internet. She has to disconnect from internet and reconnect. Then it works for a while, then fail again.
Meanwhile, my macbook pro, which is also linked the airport express, works properly. It never failed to connect to the internet.
Can anyone plz tell what is goin' on? How can I solve the problem?

when was the last time the express worked fine?
ok, so hardwired into the 6121, that computer works fine, right? try these exact steps esp the reset
unplug modem and leave off for 5 minutes, while you're waiting plug a eth cord from modem to the WAN (circle icon) port of the express
keep express unplugged and hold in reset button and don't let go
plug power back into express and only release reset when amber light flashes after 10-20s
give it a minute, hopefully you'll now see a green light on the express
fire up airport utility and proceed to 'create a new network' - you may see your device under 'other wifi devices' in the utility or you'll have to manually connect to it by clicking on the wifi icon in the OSX title bar and selecting the reset name of your express (something like express 342sdaf32)

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