Airport Extreme- PC users cannot connect to security enabled Wifi

I have an Airport Express and have setup a security enabled Wifi network. It works perfectly for me, but my PC user roomates cannot access it. I don't know much about the difference between WPA and other settings, so maybe I need to change the security. Please help. Thanks!

DrVenture:
Thank you. Yes, this did indeed work. The MacBook now connects just fine. I had one moment of panic when the Vista laptop referred to it as a "security key" rather than a passphrase / password, but I tried it anyway and that worked just fine too. So I'm happy again.
Any idea why WEP doesn't work this time?
Thank you for your help.
Message was edited by: JTeagle

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