Airport Extreme Disk works great on OSX and Windows XP but no go on Vista

Just bought the Airport Extreme and attached a Seagate 320GB HDD to the USB port (formatted MAC journaled).
Using the Airport Disk Ultility, I can access the NAS drive and read/write files from a 24" iMac and Windows XP PC.
But on the Vista PC, Airport Disk Ultility recognise there is a drive, but when I try to connect to it and enter the password, I get this error;
AirPort Disk Agent
Unknown user, incorrect password, or login is disabled. Please retype the login information or contact the disk's administrator.
I have tried setting the share to disk password, base station password and user accounts. All with the same error and only in Vista.
Has anyone managed to get the Airport Disk working in Vista?
24" iMac, windows XP/ Vista   Mac OS X (10.4.8)   Airport Extreme, Windows 2000 + XP + Vista

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