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I agree with OP, I really dislike any header, and I also dislike how often Kobo does firmware updates. Coming from a Sony 350 which I think had 1 (maybe 2 at the most) firmware patches over the course of its life (the reader just worked, it didn't need constant patching). Kobo's updates are often risky, they fix something but that breaks something else that worked well. In the past I also had firmware that constantly gave me those same error messages no matter what I tried. Constantly having to restore the reader to factory gets old quick.
My solution at that time was to downgrade to another firmware and the errors and not being able to connect to my computer instantly went away. I stayed on that firmware with my original Kobo Glo for almost 2 years before I risked updating it again.
Now I have the Kobo Glo HD and just stick with firmware that I know has the options I like. I never risk updating when new firmware comes out, I wait to read through the threads about any issues and what the real changes are. I keep wifi off, I prefer to sideload all my books so that's not an issue for me. I also patch the firmware. It's very seldom the firmware updates actually improve anything (for my reading tastes at least, I know others love some of the newest features). Right now I'm on firmware 4.12.12111 before the header changes and have no intention of letting it upgrade.
Compared to other reader hardware though, I absolutely love Kobo the best. And the patches allow you to tweak most anything to your liking. If SirLoyne doesn't need wifi on, just downgrading to a firmware that plays nice with his PC and that has the features he likes would be the best option. Once you get to that point, it's an absolutely great ereader, a joy to use. Yes, there's some fiddling around at first, but most readers don't even let you do that, and downgrading is actually quite easy.
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