Windows XP can't find airport extreme connection.

Hello, I've recently purchased a new Apple Airport Extreme due to trying to increase Internet speed (It failed to do so, btw.) and the connection works and can be seen on all computers, even my iPod touch, except for my Windows XP bootcamp. I've tried a lot of things and nothing has worked. This didn't happen before we changed our router. It says no connection in range, but I know there is one. Can anyone help?

I solved the problem. Thanks to advice I found in a Google search, I opened Airport Utility on my iMac, clicked on "Manual Setup". Under the Wireless tab, I changed "Automatic" channel to channel 1. That enabled the Windows OS to be connected even though Airport Utility still doesn't display on the Windows desktop. I hope this will help others with a similar problem.

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