Windows and Netgear Rant

Geek alert! Normal people should not read this rant.
Windows is always such fun to use. Hours of fun. On a Mac you could only have a few minutes of fun. Netgear is extra special fun.
I am trying to configure a Netgear print server. I downloaded and installed the utility from Netgear.
The Print Server Setup Wizard shows no servers.
I clicked Help. Windows Help says I don't have the right program to read help files in this format. It gives me a link to get the viewer from MS.
I went to the page, giving me a choice of operating systems and 32 or 64 bit. I knew and chose the 32 bit. It said I had to validate my Windows before I could download the file.
I downloaded it, with a dialog asking me if I really wanted to download it, and another asking me if I wanted to run it. It installed. It gave me a validation code. I pasted the code on the web site so I could download the Help reader. There were 2 versions, with x64 after one and x86 after the other, and 32 bit is not in either name. I got the correct version (with more security questions) and it installed.
I went back to the Netgear program and pressed Help, and I got one page of text. Under the Contents tab there are 6 links to the pages. (So the special format is likely HTML.) It said the print server had two options, to list only new servers, or all. No. It has no options.
Back to Netgear, to get the latest version. I have to register to download it, and there is a place to rate the NETGEAR Instalation. How would I know this if I am just downloading the program, and I can't get the program until I leave this screen?
The new program has to restart to uninstall the old version. It seems to be working. It tells me to connect it to the network now.
I get a list of programs, and at the top is the IPsetup program.
It now asks me for the default name of this print server. It is on the bottom. I have to pull out the printer and disconnect it to read that. I reconnect the device to the network, and type in the information including IP gateway, subnet, etc. Press OK. Wait. It says it can't connect, and I should be sure it is on the same subnet as the computer. It is. None of the Netgear apps can find it.
I read online that the default IP is xxx.xxx.xxx.150. I have tried it before, and got no response. Just for fun, I ping it again, and it is alive. I put it in the web browser, and I get a configuration screen! Now I can set the IP to what I want. What changed?
Now I can try to configure the router in my computer room to pass the IP from my wireless Verizon network into my room network so I can print from my laptop. Enough ranting for now.