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StupidDude

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I bought my children new computers this year and they came with W8. Right now both PC's are having issues with the Wifi. It keeps cutting out on them randomly. I looked around and discovered that many others are having the same issue. Apparently it is a driver issue caused by W8.



Is there a fix for this yet, other than re-installing the drivers every time this happens, or restarting the PC? Some more realistic solution for children who aren't very computer savy?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    W8
In the Device manager, look up the WiFi driver and it's properties and turn off power saving features so it is always on. It might be shutting off after certain time of inactivity. That is prevalent with laptops because of need to save as much power as possible.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home made
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen7 2700x
    Motherboard
    Asus Prime x470 Pro
    Memory
    16GB Kingston 3600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus strix 570 OC 4gb
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 960 evo 250GB
    Silicon Power V70 240GB SSD
    WD 1 TB Blue
    WD 2 TB Blue
    Bunch of backup HDDs.
    PSU
    Sharkoon, Silent Storm 660W
    Case
    Raidmax
    Cooling
    CCM Nepton 140xl
    Internet Speed
    40/2 Mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    WD
StupidDude said:
I bought my children new computers this year and they came with W8. Right now both PC's are having issues with the Wifi. It keeps cutting out on them randomly. I looked around and discovered that many others are having the same issue. Apparently it is a driver issue caused by W8.



Is there a fix for this yet, other than re-installing the drivers every time this happens, or restarting the PC? Some more realistic solution for children who aren't very computer savy?
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The setting for this is in the link below with a picture for clarity. I don't know if this is the problem or not but this setting seems to be causing problems.

http://www.eightforums.com/network-...having-issues-connecting-wifi.html#post276008
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro WMC
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home built
    CPU
    Q9650 @ 4.05 GHz
    Motherboard
    Gforce 780i SLI FTW
    Memory
    8GB Gskill DDR2 1200Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX-480
    Sound Card
    Asus D2 Xonar
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HannsG
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Gskill 120GB SSD
    PSU
    Thermal Take 1000watts
    Case
    Thermal Take Xtreme
    Cooling
    9 fans air cooled
    Keyboard
    G15 logitech
    Mouse
    G9 logitech
    Internet Speed
    50mbps
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