Wireless Internet Disconnecting Constantly with Multiple Users

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Greetings - thanks in advance for any help offered. Very much appreciated.

I bought a new computer the other day, and my wife and I have our desktop computers right next to each other. We're both using Cisco Wireless USB Adapters (terrible, I know) for internet. With my old computer, we'd have very little trouble outside the norm.

Now, however, we're both disconnecting literally every few minutes, with extremely awful speeds in between. When she turns her computer off, however, mine magically runs perfectly, even if we're not downloading anything or using much bandwidth in general. I know wireless blows, but it didn't used to do this - it was just a little slow on occasion. This is just completely unusable. It connects for a minute or two, then disconnects, and won't reconnect unless I pull out the USB stick and replug it back in.

Any advice as to why this might be? I looked into disabling static IPs or something, but that was already OK. Is there some other way they're clashing? Many thanks for any attention! Cheers.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom build
OS
Windows 7 Enterprise x64
CPU
Intel Core i7 920 @2.67gb
Motherboard
Not sure
Memory
8gb
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon 4870hd
Hard Drives
125gb SSD (OS)
500gb hdd
Antivirus
AdAware Free
Browser
Firefox
Hi there,

Can you please post a Xirrus Wi-Fi Inspector snip?

USB Wi-Fi adapters can be a pain and can cause conflicts with other USB devices plugged in your computer.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Lenovo Desktop/Samsung Laptop
OS
Win7 & Win8 64bit
CPU
Intel i5
Internet Speed
Charter-20 Mbps
Antivirus
Avast
Browser
FF, IE9 and Chrome
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