Dell Venue Pro loses wireless connection after installing Windows Updates

I am sorry that you feel what I have done is nonsense, I am only trying get my Dell WIFI working and to be helpful with something you and I shouldn't have to deal with. If you read back through the posts you will see that I have done the reset and reinstall a couple of times step by step as the "FIX" had said to do without success. I am happy with the way my Dell works now. Last night I had lost WIFI again and had to restart it and WIFI came right back; something to do with leaving it on in sleep mode or whatever too long. Hopefully Dell and Microsoft will come up with a solution for this ongoing problem.

Good luck to you mkxy.

Thanks, with your steps i solve my problem

Despite mkxy's rather gruff responses, I am starting to think he's right.  While removing the updates may have helped my connection stability in general, I am still getting no or very limited internet connectivity if I am not in the room or adjacent room to my router.  If I am on my second floor, I still have a relatively strong wireless connection (2-3 bars), but the internet connectivity is SLOW or non-existent.  I know its not my router since all my other devices have strong connection and internet connectivity on my second floor.

The reason I think he is right about the n-wireless is because while my home router is -n, the wireless at my work is -g and I get good internet connectivity even when the signal is weak (1-2 bars).  I am going to test this further by hooking up a second -g router on my home network next to my -n router and see if the internet connectivity is different depending on which I connect it to.

Funny that this issue did not pop up until after 5 days of using the device, and 4 days after the 3 infamous updates were installed.  I do think these updates cause wifi issues, but I think those issues are different that the ones a lot of us are experiencing.  I sounds to me like a hardware and driver issue.  I did also update the newest Dell wireless driver, but that was no help, and if they didn't already fix it, I don't think they will (or maybe can't)   I am also going to refresh my DV8P back to the original windows installation and see if it starts working again, and if so, see if I can replicate the failure.

If it does, I am going to return this unit to the Microsoft store where I bought it.  I ordered the Lenovo Miix 2 from Best Buy on a limited sale for $199 just in case, and while I like several things more about the Dell (feel, look, sound), not having a reliable wifi is a deal killer for me. I am hoping this issue is a Dell issue and not a Windows 8.1 issue, but I have yet to read of similar problems with the Lenovo.

Uconn_Jack

I am using a Linksys wireless g router, so I wouldn't know about the -n. I get a good signal with the 802.11g on the Dell. 

As I said before, I have spent a lot of time trying this and that fix and found this is the best solution in my case; others may have different problems.

Forums are for distributing information with the hopes of coming up with a fix.  

Thanks

By the way that's a mighty good price for that Lenovo Miix 2!