T60 wireless - OK on XP, drops out on Windows 7

Hello,
I have a T60 (2007-FVG) and I have a HDD for it with XP on and one with Windows 7 Ultimate on. On XP the wireless is fine in my living room whereas on Win7 the wireless drops out every time I go into my living room. I also have an R61 laptop with Windows 7 on and this is also fine, in fact when I have the T60 and the R61 side by side the R61's connection is fine but the T60 drops out.
I have downloaded the latest driver from your site (13.04.0000) and installed it. On the properties of the device tab it shows as Atheros Communications - 9/6/2009 - 2.0.0.75. All of the wireless settings seem the same between XP and Win7.
Any ideas on how I can fix this, it cannot be a hardware issue.
Many Thanks

Hello,
Perhaps the operating system is putting the wireless adapter to sleep in order to save power? In the device properties for the Wireless Adapter, try disabling the option to turn off the device to save power, and see if that makes any difference.
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