Windows XP Pro and Airport connectivity

We just purchased an HP laptop running XP Pro. It locates my airport and asks me to enter secure 13 character password. It will not connect but will easily connect to several others in neighborhood. Is it true that I must enter PW in Hex Dec? If so, where do I find a conversion table? Thanks.
IMAC G5, PowerBook G4 HP dv8327 XP Pro Mac OS X (10.4.7) apple guy since 1980

Yes.
The problem you are having probably lies with the encryption key.
The key has to be obtained from the Airport Admin Utility.
Online HEX conversion tables use a different algorithm so don't always work when converting Airport passwords.
Accessing a Airport Network with a Windows XP PC or laptop (with XP SP2)
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/1011.html
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