Windows XP MCE sees network but won't connect

Hello
I've managed to get my AAEB working with two of my computers, one is a regular desktop which is connected through the wired outputs, this works like a charm.
The other is my personal laptop, an Acer Ferrari with Windows XP pro, this now also works perfectly on the wireless system.
Now I'm trying to get my brothers laptop to connect to our network and internetconnection through the AAEB. His laptop sees the network but when I try to connect to it it's not possible, I never even get to the part where I have to enter the password.
I'm using WPA/WPA2 for security and as stated having no problems on my own computer that's running WinXP Pro, but this one that runs WinXP MCE can't connect.
I've tryed disabling the security on the AAEB and when I do that it's possible to connect with the WinXP MCE.
Please help :'(

Thank you very much for your suggestion.
It might be me who doesn't understand fully what you mean but my problem is that I can't get the PC to connect to the wireless network.
If I plug in a ethernet cable everything works like a charm however. But I just get an error when trying to connect to the Wlan that the network might not be available anymore, eventhough I'm using it on my personal laptop at this very moment.
edit in response to your post also, I never get far enough for it to even try to recieve an IP
Message was edited by: Dennis Hampe

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