JERRY HELP laptop keeps dropping wifi signal, very slow computer

I have read some blogs here where Jerry Lippey? has helped. PLEASE HELP!! My c655d-s5200 satellite laptop constantly drops the wifi connection. just in the registration for this site alone i had to reconnect about 10 times. computer is only about 1 year old. computer has always been very slow, even from day 1. taking sometimes a full minute or two to change pages. I never complained about it when it was under warranty. I just lived with it. and now that it just out of warranty, I have changed from mediacom cable to us cellular wifi, I am finding out that I have more problems than I thought. I have a good 4G singal and I am almost 100% sure it is not a problem with the hotspot. it seems my computer takes way to long thinking. even from day 1 sometimes it will not print a letter that I know I typed. It has most of the same problems as the person on a ship overseas did in another blog. If you havnt figured out yet I am NOT familiar with the computer. or tech terms. I am one of the dumbest ones on here. I tried to search and identify my wifi information by typing (pc diag ) in the search bar and no results came up. As I was going to try and redownload the driver. I still have the windows 7 that was originally loaded. I also have NO dates set to restore to. can someone please help me out. I am very disapointed with this toshiba computer. PS it just took over 40 seconds to back space and delete a full sentence I decided not to say.

The warranty entitles you to complimentary phone support for the first 90 days of ownership.
If you bought the product in the U.S. directly from Apple (not from a reseller), you have 14 days from the date of delivery in which to exchange or return it for a refund. In other countries, the return policy may be different. If you bought from a reseller, its return policy applies.

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Hmm, the problem continues. Switching to Sky is starting to look more appealing!
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I have kind of the same problem, even in other then my own, wifi environments, i cause the whole network to crash. i tested this several times at a friends house. When i start my macbook and connect to the wifirouter, all other wifi clients loose their entire bandwidth. They stay connected to the rooter, excellent signal strength but impossible to access a site or even connect to the routers setup page.
Did you find a solution for your problem?
thnx,
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