windows exploer network troubles

Hi,
I just intalled Vista via upgrade and now my network adapter does not seem to work nor i can i uninstall to reinstall a new driver i downloaded I am using a Linksys WUSB53GS (UK) Wireless-G network adaptor. The obvious plan is to play around with network settings or try to find the drivers in control panal unfornatly both these parts cause Windows Exploer to crash with the thing that tries to fix the problem and restarts or this seems to do is reset my desktop settings from clasic to the default large veiw