Help! Netgear driver problems!

I have two netgear wireless adapters - a MA401 (pcmcia) and a
MA101(usb). I've download drivers for both from the netgear site and
my pc's won't recognize them as driver files. The Wireless Lan monitor
installs fine, but it's not much good without an adapter to monitor.

I have e-mailed netgear tech support to no avail, downloaded the
drivers twice and burned them on 2 different cd media. I even went so
far as to have someone else download the drivers for me on their pc and
burn them on cd. So far none of it works to any avail.

I want the MA401 for my Win98se laptop because it's a 16-bit card.. and
it would just be nice to have the MA101 available to use in the future.

I go to the Win98 folder or XP folder and direct the add-hardware
wizard there.. is there something I'm missing in the install?

I've worked with computers for years.. but this one has me stumped... I
feel stupid. LOL.

Thanks