Airport Utility not seeing Airport Express base station

Since I got access to cable internet a few days ago, I've been using my Airport Express base station with no problems on my MacBook. Today I tried to set up my roommate's PC (she has Vista, if that matters) so she can get online. So we downloaded the AE Utility for Windows, then reset both the modem and the AE base about two times, but her computer won't see the Express base at all when it scans.
Any ideas? Do we need to go into her Network preferences on the Control Panel or something? I've been through the manual but it wasn't much help. Sorry this is such a basic question, thanks for all helpful suggestions!

You had everything working properly.
There was no need for her to have Airport Utility on her computer as the Airport Base station was already set up.
Set your system up the way it was and then on her computer, just have her join the network.
Do not use Airport Utility for anything on her computer.

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