Something Squirrelly this Way Comes

It's amazing how much is different at work when you come in over an hour early. Nobody here, the building's temp is a little off (there are different night temps than day temps for the HVAC system), and it's quiet. Well, except for the random squealing/squeaking coming from a coworker's office. Pretty sure it's not some building mechanical issue but her personal heater.

Hockey
A brief hockey recap, in case your home computer is like mine and can't load NHL's website due to the sheer volume of graphics on it.

East
Boston wins series 4-0 (vs habs)
Pittsburgh leads series 3-1 (vs flyers)
Carolina tied in series 2-2 (vs devils)
New York (rangers) lead series 3-1 (vs caps)

West
Vancouver wins series 4-0 (vs blues)
Anaheim leads series 3-1 (vs sharks)
Detroit leads series 3-0 (vs bluejackets)
Chicago tied in series 2-2 (vs flames)

Not Hockey or U2
Speaking of home computers, I have two now. Both do not work as I wish them to. My swanky new one can't even connect to the internet. How freaking useful is that?! NOT! *sigh* Before you ask, I have:
- rebooted. repeatedly
- restarted. repeatedly
- reconfigured my virus protection firewall
- reconfigured windows firewall
- turned off VP firewall
- turned off windows firewall
- deleted wireless connection & re-added it
- reconfigured wireless network connection
- rebooted wireless router
- 'repaired' wireless connection. repeatedly
- disabled ethernet connection
- tweaked the dell wireless configuration
- tweaked the default windows wireless configuration
- turned both wifi configs off & back on
- clicked on and followed assorted "helpful" troubleshooting suggestions
- screamed & cursed out new laptop. repeatedly
- considered calling dell & telling them to fix it now or i'll send it back & buy a Mac. Repeatedly.

It still says that I have an excellent connection with 'limited or no connectivity'. Not sure how it can be excellent if I can't do anything with it. And yes I tried connecting with firefox & IE, just in case. Even tried getting a VP update. No go. My old laptop & the roomie's laptop both connect to the wireless network with no problems.