Trouble connecting Vista to Airport Base Station

I just purchased a HP Pavilion notebook running Home Edition Vista. Although it sees my Airport network (running WEP), it can only connect with 'limited access'. I can connect to my neighbor's network so I know the notebook can connect.
Any suggestions ?
HP Pavilion running Home Vista   Other OS   Airport Base Station v5.6

hit the reset button on the airport station.Then you should be able to connect.You should see it say apple network.

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