Trouble connecting Windows 7 PC to Airport Extreme

I cannot get my work pc to connect wirelessly to the Airport Extreme. PC connects fine via ethernet. All other devices in the house are Apple and work fine.
Thanks

Since you have other wireless devices connecting successfully, I will assume that your windows pc can 'see' the network ssid, and you are using the correct password.
The only thing I can think of is you may have a wireless firewall enabled (either 3rd party or microsoft) that may be preventing you from connecting. try turning all you firewall protection off and see if that works. also, make sure your windows wireless connection properties are configured for dhcp, if that is how your network is set up.

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So the steps listed bellow assume some things. They assume that the Airport Extreme Router your configuring is connected directly to the internet connection. And that the Airport Extreme is the only router between your computers and the internet.
That means we're talking about say a DSL modem plugged directly into the Airport Extreme, or a cable modem. in ether case, this assumes that said modem, is not acting as an internet router.
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go to the dock
Click on the finder
go to the menu bar
Click on the "Go" menu
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double Click on "AirPort Utility"
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For "Reserve Address by:" set "DHCP Client ID"
Click the "Continue" button
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Click on the "+" button
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Click the "+" button
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Click the "+" button
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