the important Vista/Windows 7 Problems article seems to have been snafu'd when stuff got rebuilt after the reported hacking incident.
All the links now lead to dead ends (external link). Could someone please reconstruct it? For that matter, the Bethesda Support page
only goes up to Windows Vista when trying to look up problems.

Totally agree,not of any help at all and i am really desperate to get off the boat in the begining.ALT+TAB isn't solving my crash issues

All the info is still there, just scroll down through the thread to find the correct post. The links were not external links, they were just quick-links to the relative post in the same thread.
Any problem with Windows 7 should have the exact same fix as Vista. The solutions are interchangeable.

Like I mentioned, all the info is there.
If you have a problem that you cannot solve, it's best to start a new thread that details what your problem is. There are many that could arise, so the more we know the better.
What errors/warnings do you get? What mods are you using? etc etc