Query networking into hostile windows environment

I have been getting kernel panics on shutdown of my new Imac 24 since i got it out of the box.
Additionally I have had a disintegrating experience with Airport.
At first was working fine and i could connect to net etc.
Then problems connectng, etc.
To the point where i cannot even see the hardware in system profile anymore.
The crash reports after the KPs implicate the Airport kexts.
I did a archive and install - no love.
I used pacifist and extracted and installed airport drivers etc. Restarted.
Voila I could see Airport ... yay. shutdown - no KP. Yay.
Restart, no Airport, and KPs again.
My theory
I am in an area thick with wireless networks.
Something i did trying to connect to something has corrupted and continues to corrupt my Airport drivers every startup.
Is this a possibility?
I am fine using the ethernet into the network.
I am contemplating taking the machine back to apple when i have finished the job i am doing here.
regards
P

Strangest thing!
2 months after this problem occurring everyday
to the point where I dont even think about it
I noticed that the crash reports were no longer appearing at startup
and the hard shutdown was no longer required
and voila the airport card is visible again
IT HAS FIXED ITSELF
I have no idea how this could be
the machine has not been online, I had stopped doing diagnostic/repair attempts some weeks ago.
could repeated startups work their way through the OS and eventually repair the code?
I do think it is still the hardware behaving erratically
any thoughts
P

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1. Click Start
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1. Check for available drivers – visit the HP website and download available drivers.
Note: Even if you have an install CD for your older HP product, there may be an updated driver for your printer.
2. Launch the driver setup by double-clicking on the downloaded driver.
3. If the driver install process requires you to attach the printer USB cable to continue, click cancel instead. This will roll back the install, but it will leave the driver files installed.
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Note: You might have to select USB connection type before the checkbox is visible.
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Note: Computers that are not sharing a resource to the network may not show up by name when viewing the entire network.
Windows 7
1. Click Start.
2. Click on Computer.
3. In the lower left pane, click on Network.
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6. Enter the same password created for the share account.
7. Check the box labeled Remember my credentials.
8. Click OK.
9. Right click on the printer, left click Open.
10. Windows will find the previously loaded driver for the printer and complete the install.
I was an HP employee.
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