Lenovo P/Y/Z Series :: Y510P - Loss Of Internet / Refusing To Update And Freezing

I just received 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 convenience", I'm wondering 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 aggravating enough as it is, it becomes more aggravating 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?