How do I access a USB hard drive plugged into my AirPort Extreme from a PC?

Hi
I have an AirPort Exteme, and my cousin and I are having no trouble accessing it from our MacBook Pro, however when it comes to my other cousin, she can't find it fron her PC (operating on windows 7).  When the MacBook Pro's open finder it is just sitting under 'shared'.  How do I get my cousin to access the Hard Drive from her PC? She is connected to the Wi-Fi network just fine
Thanks in advance!

Download the Airport utility for PC from Apple - I use this to connect - This should load the Airport Base Station Agent in the system tray which can be used to connect. It should appear as a Network Drive (Z:)
Regards,
Shawn

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