Windows 7 software, and password problems

A friend got a new computer (old had had 30 gb drive, 256 mb Ram, and viruses). So I helped hime pick up a new laptop (Windows 7 home premium), etc, and am helping him get everything set up. He has a Linksys wireless router wrt54g V8. He was able to connect immediately to the network as there was no security on it (it said unsecured)...his neighbors had secured networks, he did not. I said that this needed to be fixed. He had the origional cd (bought 11\07), so I tried to install the software on Windows 7. It would not install (wrong operating system\whatever). In my very limited knowldge of routers (set up mine a few years ago), I remembered that there was an ipaddress 192.168.1.1 where some things could be changed. We did get to the wireless tab, and there was a 'reset' button on it. I thought that this would be where we would be able to change it from unsecured to secured...apparently I was wrong. By clicking that button, his network disappeared from the list of networks. There is a new linksys... network in the list now. Anyway, I got him going again hard wired to the comcast router. How to correct this situation, I have a number of questions? Does this router work on windows 7, and where is the software to download and how to execute it (I did find a .bin file on line, but have no idea of how to execute it, if everything I need is in it, and if it is applicable to windows 7). OK, if I do not need to install anything on the new system, how do I recreate the wireless connection to the wireless router with a secured connection? How do I create a new network (or recover the old one) and secure it without software, and some kind of password (which he does not know)? Thanks.

What is the Model no of the Router...?
As you pressed the reset button on the router..You need to configure the router from scratch.And the router does works on Windows7.
As your ISP is Cable,follow the steps given here to configure the router.

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