Dell Laptop w/Vista and AX

I'm helping setting up a AX for a friend, He has a Dell Studio 1737 running Vista SP1 and fully upto date. I've configured the AX and my MacBook and iPhone pick it up perfectly and his laptop refuses to even see the AX consistently (it appears briefly and then disappears in the network configuration window in vista). I've even booted the laptop using a Ubuntu LiveCD and it found the AX and worked flawlessly.
Therefore there is no hardware issues with either the AX or the Dell. Any suggestions as how to get the Dell to connect?

John Galt wrote:
Welcome to the discussion forums Monts.
Monts351 wrote:
Therefore there is no hardware issues with either the AX or the Dell.
I agree, this seems like a Vista problem. I suggest you post your question in the Airport for Windows forum, where you may find more longsuffering Windows inmates than in this one. Good luck!
I will, thanks for that

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