Having trouble setting up Ralink USB wireless adapter

Hi all,
I recently bought a usb adapter for my G3 which is running Tiger. Downloaded the most recent driver from the Ralink website and it appeared to install fine, however when I double click on the 'Wireless Utility' app to configure the adapter it won't launch.
It doesn't bob in the system tray, it just does nothing. The adapter itself is recognised and shows up in the profiler but I can't use it as I can't put in the WEP password or anything.
So far what I have done is repaired the disk permissions and tried reinstalling the driver several times.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Are there any alternative programs I could use to configure the adapter with? When I open the network panel it shows up as 'en2', but then if I click 'assist me' the airport option is greyed out.

Not sure what else you can try. The answer may lie out there on the internet somewhere if you could just happen upon it during a search. Hope something turns up for you.
PS I vaguely remember that when I installed the software for my Macpower Newer Tech USB wireless device there were instructions that were very specific about the installation. They said it was very important to either install all the software first and then connect the USB device or vice versa. I can't remember which way it was. Maybe you could give it one more shot and uninstall everything, disconnect your USB device and start over from scratch. I'd try installing all the drivers before connecting the device.
Regards,
Steve M.
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