> I think people just get used to Windows' issues and don't recall how many times they have to deal with them. I can recall a lot of issues that I've had with

> I think people just get used to Windows' issues and don't recall how many times they have to deal with them. I can recall a lot of issues that I've had with windows. I can tell you with certainty that I've never had a device go missing from the device manager. I've had printers have trouble being discovered after they are unplugged. I've had driver updates cause hardware to stop working. I've even had windows updates completely mess up my windows installation. But I've never had the issue you are describing. > [0] At least once per week out of several hundred machines. You're saying you have a greater than 1% occurrence rate per year? Google doesn't show the issue in the first three pages for me with the query "Windows forgets network hardware." Have you opened a Microsoft support ticket? I mean, if you're losing device drivers every week, that's man hours your burning! I would want to get that fixed ASAP!