Intel 5150 WiFi/WiMax Adapter doesnt work with 7?

I've tried everything. I've spent hours on Intel's site, and let me just say that was an absoulte joke. You have to search deep into their search thing to find the windows 7 driver for it. Then it doesn't work.
I've been to Dell's website (I'm running a Dell Studio XPS 16) and I can download it, but then I get an error saying I cannot downgrade versions.
The computer recognizes the WiMax portion, but not as WiMax. It just says there is an error with "The WiMax adapter" but it doesn't actually know what it is. Same run around with the drivers in this case as well. The WiFi light on the front of the computer does not come on. My bluetooth one does, but not the WiFi. I've tried switching in on and off with no luck as well.
So far Intel and Microsoft, I'm not impressed. Looks like my desktop will be staying XP and it's a good thing I added this as a second OS to my laptop because it sure won't last long with me hunched under the desk like this to get internet. Can anyone help me out?

Hi, Thanks for the reply Nano Warp.
Believe me, I have tried absolutely EVERYTHING to get my wifi card working.
Thank you for assuming that I didn't take the '10 seconds' to 'do my research and preparation' before installing 7. I have spent literally MONTHS trying to figure out what is wrong with this. Because you jumped to such a quick conclusion on a couple short posts from me, I'll explain it all and maybe, just maybe I can get it resolved.
July 09: Ordered my new oh-so-special laptop for college. I got it and aside from the occasional glitch, and my dislike toward vista (for reasons I won't go into now) it did what I needed except for the WiFi which has some SERIOUS issues. I spend hours on the phone and with Dell's live support trying to resolve it with no luck. Decided I would just suck it up, and hope to god I didn't lose/need internet when working on some of my assignments.
October 09: Got a hold of my very own copy of 7 and installed it in another partition on my HDD. It worked 100000X better than vista, except for the WiFi card, which it did not recognize. At all. I DID search Intel's website and downloaded, uninstalled, and reinstalled anything and everything I thought might just give me a shot at having WiFi in 7...currently the only reason I was still mainly using Vista was due to the lack of WiFi.
November 09: After WEEKS of searching for why I had no WiFi I posted this. I ordered my Intel 5300 card within the hour. Took several months and after placing three more orders with different companies I did get it ONE.
December 09: Windows Vista takes a complete and utter DUMP on me. I lost everything. School work, photos, emails. EVERYTHING. Thankfully, I had a trusty desktop running XP that I had *most* of my data backed up on.
January 2010: It's now winter break and I am between semesters. I REALLY need my laptop for internet use in my psych class for the second semester, as everything is done through the computer/internet. Tests, homework, assignment, etc. The Intel 5300 card did NOT work. At ALL. Went through the same process with the 5300 card. Even tried the second card that showed up at my door. Must have been one of the other two that I never received. Still nothing. Then again with the 5150 card. nothing. nada. squat.
It is now nearing the end of March 2010...FIVE MONTHS after installing 7 and dealing with this Intel/7 driver issue with no luck. I've tried everything from Vista drivers, 7 drivers, contacting Dell, contacting Intel, posting on message boards, forums and everything short of dropping an ___LOAD of money into this computer to get something as simple as WiFi to work. Nothing.
Currently, I am hassling and jumping between computers at home/school/library to stay on top of my psych class, and my less than a year old, $2,000 laptop is sitting in the corner collecting dust. So if you would like to say I'm dumping on 7, please let me know, and if you still feel I didn't take the '10 seconds total' to 'get there and find' what I was looking for, then by all means, let me know. At least this time you won't ASSUME, and make an ____ out of U and ME. Get it. Spells assume. ha-ha. funny funny.
If there was a "Vote as UNHELPFUL" button for your post. I WOULD HAVE PRESSED IT.
Thanks for your help,
Ryan (ryans-canyon)

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