Airport Utility Can't Connect to Airport Express For Set-up

Hello,
I have a first gen Airport Express and and am setting it up via the Airport Utility on Windows 7.
The Airport Utility sees the new device, which is currently set to factory. When attempting to a connect to do the guided set-up it fails to connect reporting a "error -4". The Airport itself is blinking amber.
The kicker is though, the wifi works just fine. Just the network has a generic name and is unsecured.
How can I get the Airport Utility to connect to the Express so I can estblish a network name and a security key?
Thanks so much!

I think it was just a issue with the Airport Windows utility. My girlfriend came over and fixed it with her iPod Touch of all things, took her like 30 seconds to set a name and establish a password. Ive never had a issues setting up a router wirelessly before, in fact many don't even come with software any longer in favor of just instructing you to punch in a special url into a browser.

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