Pavilion dv7 1132nr - amber wifi - Non-working touch strip

Hello,
I am trying to fix my parent's laptop that had a HD go down. We bought a new HD and installed a valid copy of Windows Vista and everything is fine except that the touch strip does not work and the wifi button is stuck in amber/disabled.
The only device manager item I cannot find a driver for is the wifi and it shows as "Ethernet Controller" in the device manager.
I've tried every single update possible from hp.com and I still cannot get the thing to work.
I tried to install the atheros and broadcom driver w/o any luck. Updated the BIOS as well. HP Wireless assistant shows the adapter as DISABLED.
I have googled and browsed most of the related topic I could find on this page. Any advice would be greatly appreicated.

HP Quick Launch should get the touch strip working:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-78157-1&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&...=
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HP Technical Support, North America 1-800-474-6836. For all other regions click here.
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