Linksys AE1000 wireless adapter: just forget it

The Cisco Linksys AE1000 "High Performance Wireless-N USB Adapter" does not even install neither in Windows 7 nor Windows Vista. The setup program, no matter what you do trying to follow the "instructions" on the screen, does not go beyond the screenshot shown here. The "wireless connection manager", mentioned here, does not exist in Windows 7, it's a thing of the past, so at this point of installing this adapter the situation turns hopeless. Trust me, I've tried everything conceivable. Long story short: product returned for a full refund.
There are three more reasons for disappointment: 1) the package has the "Compatible with Windows 7" logo, acting as a bait, 2) the only "help" available in the user guide is "Double-click your CD-ROM drive" (in my computer) and then, on page 4, "After you have installed the Adapter" (!) ... and 3) other unsuspecting customers were equally disappointed. Whatever happened to quality assurance?!

Oops! What was that...?

These two almost simultaneous dialog boxes, one with absolutely no information, and the other with a runtime error message, showed up while I was trying to open Internet Explorer 9 beta and then, or was it before?, when I tried to use the Snipping Tool, I don't recall exactly in what order. I assume that, since I'm using a beta version of IE this programming error ("calling a pure virtual function", read more here) just had to show up, but the other dialog box is really a puzzle. On the other hand, the green color has nothing to do with this technical anecdote. It is just the background color I always choose, instead of white, when I'm typing long documents. This happened in the last week of 2010.

Windows Vista screensavers in Windows 7

Two of my favorite screensavers in Vista (see left picture) can also run in Windows 7 without a problem: Aurora and Windows Energy. If you have a computer with Windows Vista installed all you have to do is to go to the C:\Windows\System32 directory and copy these two files: ssBranded.scr (7,949 KB) and Aurora.scr (1,339 KB) into the same location in the Windows 7 computer. Then right-click anywhere on the desktop and choose Personalize (the last menu choice) and then click on Screen Saver (at the bottom right corner). Choose Branded for "Windows Energy" or Aurora. If you don't have these two files hunt for them; you may find them in the Web.