Win 7 desktop on ethernet port of Airport keeps dropping internet.

While it may sound similar to many others, this exact question hasn't been asked before, or 2 weeks of sleuthing hasn't found it.
Thinking I was doing him a favor, I convinced my boss to upgrade his old Linksys wireless router with a new Airport Extreme base station.
I have a Dell UnInspiring 850 running Windows 7 that is connected to the ethernet port of the Airport Extreme base station (the desktop doesn't have a WiFi card)
The WAN port of the Airport Extreme base station is connected to the DSL modem (which only has one in and one out port, so I cannot connect the desktop directly to it)
The Dell desktop keeps losing its internet connectivity (even though Network and Sharing says that it is connected and not one Windows 7 troubleshooter seems capable of troubleshooting anything), when left idle for more than an hour. For a while, refreshing the browser fixed it, but doesn't anymore. It now requires unplugging the Airport and the DSL Modem, which is justifiably trying my boss's patience. The 3 Mac laptops, the 1 Mac desktop, and the 1 Windows XP laptop are all perfectly happy and don't drop their internet connections, so it's not a problem with the Airport, it's a problem with Windows 7.
I have upgraded the BIOS on the Dell Desktop
I have upgraded the BIOS of the NIC card of the Dell Desktop
I have changed the Networking Group from "Home" (which I found out REALLY means a pure Windows 7 network, which has nothing whatsoever to do with the physical location of whether this PC is in a house or an office building), to "Work" (which I found out REALLY means a network of mixed operating systems).
I have done the command line ipconfig /all stuff.
I've called the ISP, who says there aren't any special settings necessary.
I've tried changing the Airport Extreme from its recommended Bridge Mode (which works for everyone), to all manner of other configurations, none of which work.
I've pulled half of my hair out.
My boss now wants to send back the Airport Extreme and buy a new Linksys. I can't say that I blame him, even though it's not the Airport's fault. Any ideas on how to fix this? I am now going to try and downgrade the firmware of the Airport in order to dumb it down for Windows 7 and am even going to resort to going into the registry (which is yet another suggestion by yet another frustrated user, since every user is valiantly attempting to solve this widespread problem). Simply buying him a Mac Mini would make this so much easier of course.
If someone who works at Microsoft sees this post, could you please get this problem patched and fixed once and for all instead of continuing to ignore it? This is why you're losing market share and customers...to Apple.
Thanks and apologies for the tone, but can you blame me?
Christopher

I finally have time to read this forum to see if I can find a solution to what appears to be the same problem BrooklynBlueEyes has. In my case, I brought home an extra PC we had from work for my wife to use (to keep her off my mac). It had been upgraded to Windows 7. I just had bought an Airport Extreme, which works wireless and also through the wires we have running to all of the rooms. I have tried to get the PC to work (wired) through the Airport Extreme, but nothing I tried seems to work. I called the IPS (Comcast), which said it was an Apple problem. short of uninstalling Windows 7, is there anything I can do? I am not very techno-literate, so if you could keep any explanation on the simple side, it sure would help.
Thanks.

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