Configuring Airport Express with PC

I'm trying to configure an Airport Express using the Airpot Admin Utility for Windows. I performed a hard reset on the Airport Express and the utility sees the Airport as confirmed by the name showing up as "Base Station xxxxxx" with the x's being the last 6 digits of the Airport MAC address. However, when I try to log in, it does not accept what I understand to be the default password after reset - "public". Any suggestions?
Thanks!

According to Apple a "soft" reset is all you need to reset the base station administration password back to the default of "public." (ref: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107451)
Also, make sure you have the latest firmware for you AEBS. (ref: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/airportextremefirmwareupdate57formacosx.h tml)

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