I just recived my new laptop today, and I have never had this much trouble setting thigns up before.  I'm guessing that most of my issues is due to Windows 8 in general, but it is still agrivating none the less.

For whatever reason, the internet connection on my laptop just drops.  No notifications, and it says I'm still connected to the router, I just don't have connection to the internet.  I fix this by disconnecting/reconnecting to my network, but its agrivated to have to do this every 2-4 minutes.

Windows says that there are 51 updates, but that "it won't update till the maintenance for my convieneince", I'm wonding if this is the trouble with my wireless.  I'm not sure how to convince windows that I WANT it to update, not wait hopping that it will update.

While this is agrivateing enough as it is, it becomes more agrivateing when the computer locks up for 10+ minutes at a time while trying to install programs.  There was even a time when the I could not get the startup screen to switch to the log in.  It eventually did after many minutes of waiting, and closing/opening the monitor.

Is there anything I can do about the internet issue? 

Follow the second post from this thread by LenBlazer: http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/IdeaPad-Y-U-V-Z-and-P-series/z500-wifi/td-p/1208108

If successful, your WiFi driver version should be 14.8.8.75 which is provided by Microsoft.

As for Windows Updates, don't let everything install all at once. You can do the security update first then the rest.

So far so good, the internets been working just fine for me after doing that.

As for the windows update, I wanted to do the updates, but windows 8 wouldn't  let me start the updates. Telling me I had to wait for the regularly scedualed maintenance.

Than you again for helping with the internet, makes a huge difference.

Best suggestion, though not supported by Lenovo is to mod the BIOS and put in a functioning wireless adapter instead of the 2230. For some reason Lenovo insists on forcing it's customers to use an inadequate and completely useless network card.

I went with a Intel Wireless-AC 7260, absolutely no complaints with this card.

Thanks for the info, was it difficult to replace the card and mod the bios?

It's no harder than replacing the SSD. If you've replaced any hardware in a computer before it's quite simple. It just takes patience and you must be very careful.

any chance of getting a bit more detailed info on the bios changes?

thanks