Driver Issues After Installing Windows 8.1 Preview

Yesterday, I downloaded and installed Windows 8.1 Pro Preview, which I now regret because my wireless connection no longer works on my Lenovo IdeaPad N580.  I check the status of the driver for the Realtek RTL 8192DE wireless LAN, and I get a message that I have the latest driver.  However, when I check the status the the Realtek device, the system says it is disabled.  I tried to enable it within BIOS as I read somewhere that that is the way to fix the problem, but I cannot find any reference to the wireless LAN device in BIOS.  This problem has apparently happened a number of times on a number of brands of computers.  Nothing I've read that I've tried works.  Does anyone have any ideas?

zkeith wrote:
Yesterday, I downloaded and installed Windows 8.1 Pro Preview, which I now regret because my wireless connection no longer works on my Lenovo IdeaPad N580.  I check the status of the driver for the Realtek RTL 8192DE wireless LAN, and I get a message that I have the latest driver.  However, when I check the status the the Realtek device, the system says it is disabled.  I tried to enable it within BIOS as I read somewhere that that is the way to fix the problem, but I cannot find any reference to the wireless LAN device in BIOS.  This problem has apparently happened a number of times on a number of brands of computers.  Nothing I've read that I've tried works.  Does anyone have any ideas?
The only way I can think of is to erase your hdd and fresh install Windows 8 or 7.

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