Lenovo G550 one key recovery and wi-fi problem

Hello all,
I have recently upgraded Vista to Win 7 on my G550 and I have a problem with the wlan connection. I get connected, but there's no internet access, only "limited connectivity". The driver's installed correctly, I've checked each and every setting and cannot find the source of this problem.
My OneKeyRecovery is not working anymore, I looked at the drivers site and saw there is no Recovery driver for Win 7. How can this be?
Anyone care to help me, please?

Could be a problem with the Lenovo ReadyConn-software, as described here:
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-3000-and-Value-line/Lenovo-G550-Wi-fi-Problems/m-p/153935;jsessio...
Not sure if it applies to w7, but it could be worth a try...

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