Hello again. I have just finished dealing with a lot of viruses and ad-aware issues on my sisters Acer Aspire Z1801 and am now running into connectivity issues with the "Ralink RT2860 WLAN" module. At first I thought it may have been one of the viruses or ad-aware that was interfering with one of the services, so just to be on the safe side I done a factory reinstall of Windows 7 x64. I installed the default driver that came with it, and no luck getting it to work. I then tried installing various other versions of the same driver and still got the same results... So I took it one step further and tried the "Ralink RT2860 WLAN" module in my laptop only to get the same results. Am I missing a driver component here, or is the module starting to fail?
Here are some links that may help identify the problem:
https://i.imgur.com/3mb8Nue.png (you can see here that the hardware is actually detected under "System Information")
https://i.imgur.com/aWlWibC.png (the WLAN service is started and set to automatic under "Services")
http://i.imgur.com/jVfX4mK.png (nothing here under "Network and Sharing")
http://i.imgur.com/sVhkO2i.png (not picking it up under "Device Manager")
http://global-download.acer.com/GDFiles/Driver/Wireless%20LAN/Wireless%20LAN_Ralink_3.2.1.0_W7x86W7x64_A.zip?acerid=634461410899971328&Step1=ALL-IN-ONE&Step2=ASPIRE&Step3=ASPIRE%20Z1800&OS=ALL&LC=en&BC=ACER&SC=PA_7
(that is the link to the default driver for the "Acer Aspire Z1801")
Thoughts???