Brand new IMac can't connect to Internet while using Vista Ultimate

The subject is pretty much it, but basically. We just bought a brand new IMac and I happened to have an old copy of Windows Vista Ultimate lying around and wanted to partition some hard drive space for gaming. During the installation a message popped up that said Lion only supports Windows 7. I went through with the installation and after Windows started I loaded in my old Snow Leopard CD. I installed the drivers and went through the set up. Everything seemed fine, but I am unable to connect to the Internet. I plugged my desktop in via Ethernet to my router but still no Internet. In my device manager there are many devices, including network controller, that have yellow exclamations next to them but I don't know how to update them or where to get the drivers. Any help would be greatly appreciated, and I would be happy to take any steps to relay more information. Thank you!

New motherboard. So unless you can find, and want to mess around, which is why the pdf guide and all the faqs tell you what and how to install, and that only 7 is supported.
Vista SP1 is no longer supported even by MS.
You have Sandy Bridge based system with Thunderbolt, hence it needed new device drivers.
Windows 7 64-bit SP1 Home Premium System Builder is $95

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