After upgrading from 8 to 8.1 I'd search the wireless manufacturers site to see if they have an issue with 8.1 or if there's an update or compatibility patch for the WiFi under 8.1 or even just totally uninstall and reinstall the drivers anyway besides that sounds to me like old crappy vista issues lol
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