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"You are not connected to any wireless networks" but I am + Disappearing Icon

dessteele — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:09:19 GMT

Just this week I've started getting this message when I hover over the connectivity icon in my task tray - "You are not connected to any wireless networks" ... However, I AM connected. Disconnecting and reconnecting does nothing. Earlier tonight the icon totally disappeared, and reappeared when I restarted, but the same message comes up.

Not at all sure it's related, but I'm also getting bad security certificates on almost every site I hit - even dell.com, google.com, etc. - all popular sites - ebay, paypal - it turns off my https so I can't even pay for items!

HELP!

wireless connection keeps disappearing

blackadder — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:20:26 GMT

I have recently purchased a Belkin wireless router/modem and setup a network at home for a couple of iPhones, my PS3 and my laptop to run on. All devices, except for the laptop, are accessing the network wirelessly without problem. The laptop however always loses the wireless connection after a time and then fails to find any wireless network at all, despite that fact that there are several others nearby.

I have updated the drivers for my Realtek wireless (which is built into my Toshiba laptop) but the problem still exists. The only other thing which may be related is this Microsoft ISATAP adapter #3 thing which I see is/has caused problems for many others....

Can anyone suggest anything to stabilise the situation as I am having to run my laptop connection of a ethernet cable...?

Cheers

Can Not get to internet

BigTSetter — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:36:23 GMT

I've got an odd situation....

Working in an office with several Vista Home laptops connecting through a Apple Airport Extreme with WPA2 security through a WinServer2003, I can't get to the internet with just a specific Compaq Presario CQ50.

I can get an IP address.
I can ping the router.
I can print from local printers on the network.
I can transfer files back and forth between other devices.

I can not set a Static IP address. Even setting is as it's own address, Vista does not recognize that IP address.

I've released/renewed DHCP
I've updated most current drivers from Atheros and also from Compaq/HP. Neither resulted in a fix.

Several other laptops using the same version of Vista do not have Any trouble at all.

I'm thinking it's gotta be the NIC. I don't understand why it would only be these machines. The best part is, there are two of the exact same laptops and neither one will get to the internet.

TIA,

Bryan

Vista connecting to internet?

Alex De Duck — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:49:36 GMT

Hey there. I have a dual boot Dell Studio 1735, with Vista and Ubuntu. I've used Vista for a bit now, never any problems, no changes in router, service, or laptop. I had to reinstall Vista, though, and now it cannot connect to the internet anymore. Right now I'm using Ubuntu, and it obviously works. I'm browsing around the net a little, but nothing really seems to apply to my case...

Also, my laptop has a switch for wireless, it's on. It's also got a button to detect networks, but that one doesn't react right now.

XP machine can't see Vista machine

bobc4d — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:42:30 GMT

I beaten my head against the wall for two days trying to get this sorted out.

I have a machine with Vista running Live OneCare and Windows Defender, the other machine has XP with Windows XP firewall and AVG antivirus.

I can ping the XP machine form the Vista machine and I can see all the public folders on the XP machine.

I can not ping the Vista machine from the XP machine and I can not see any public folders or the printer on the Vista machine.

I changed all the settings I can on Live OneCare to make it as less secure as possible but without any help, I still couldn't see the Vista machine from the XP machine.

both machines connect through a Linksys firewall/router and each is able to connect to the internet. The machine with Vista did have XP on it before the upgrade and I had no problems with networking the two, so I can pretty much eliminate the router as the problem.

I have ensured that they are both in the same workgroup.

thanks,

bob

connectivities between 2 vista machines

abhijeet.iyengar — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:50:26 GMT

Hi All,

I am new to this forum , so i would be sorry if i have posted this question in wrong place. But I was in need of some urgent information.

I have 2 macines connected via router to each other (as i can ping them) to internet . There is no problem of connection of internet to these machines . Now i have installed glass fish on a macine . it has a console url of http://localhost:4849/login.jsf . Now i wanted to access this url from my other machine . So i made a entery of the corrosponding ip in the host file with some name say 'abc' then i tried to access it from other machine http://abc:4849/login.jsf
, but this doesn't work and page doesn't open up .

I am using window vista home on both machines . I am not sure what firewall or service amendments need to be made on those machines.

Please let me know in case you need any further information.

Thanks
Abhijeet

Intermittent Loss Of Internet Connection

georgem — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:08:01 GMT

here's my problem, and i don't think it's unique, as i've been researching it for a year and a half since i got my vista laptop (Vista Home Premium 32bit with SP2). i lose internet connection. sometimes often, sometimes not, but eventually do. wired or wireless. anywhere, not just my home. i travel extensively, and i'm on wifi and ethernet in hotels all over the country (US). it's always the same. everything else works fine. and the ONLY way to remedy is to restart. sent it back to HP twice. they replaced networking cards, etc., but no difference. i've tried anything and everything i've seen in forums. it's not sleep related, as it happens in the middle of corresponding via email, or just web surfing. i've done complete system restores, updated drivers, changed every setting imaginable and suggested. SP1, SP2, doesn't matter. two desktops here at home, one XP, one Vista Home Premium 32bit with SP2, and they always stay connected to the same network. in my laptop, i have used IE 7+8, Firefox, Chrome, and Opera, all to the same end. i use yahoo mail and google mail via my browser, but recently installed Mozilla Thunderbird to use gmail with a desktop client. i now see that even if i can't get online via browsers, Thunderbird still is able to send and receive email so that baffles me. unless i hear something different, i think my only hope is Windows 7. don't think i can install XP on this HP laptop. and i definitely don't want a mac. i love this laptop but just want it so stay connected. HELP!!:)
thanx in advance for any and all help,
george
HP G60 Notebook PC
AMD Turion Dual-Core RM-70 2.00 GHz
3.00 GB Ram
Windows Vista Home Premium SP2

can't close windows and corel wpt 8 documents won't save

dllfb — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:01:07 GMT

Just got a new computer with vista...I noticed that when I go onto a few sites they tend to freeze and I can't close the
window...I literally have to log off to do so. What could be causing this? Also, I downloaded an older version of corel wordperfect 8
and when I work on a wordperfect document, I am unable to save it. All other components seem to be working. If you have any advice I'd appreciate it greatly thanks so much!

when vista access xp, it required the password

penjejakawan — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:44:29 GMT

hello there,

I am having problem with my vista. The problem is i have one pc with windows xp professional edition and i did the sharing file and printer as well. Then i used my laptop with xp professional, i can access the file without any problem. I have another laptop with windows vista and i try to access to PC but it required the username and passsword? Before this happened, my laptop with windows vista can access the PC xp professional. Then recent 2-3 days, when access the PC windows xp professional, it required password. Anyone can help me?

Vista sharing printer

ruggb — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:19:50 GMT

I have a few problems - one is with printer sharing.
This did work once upon a time.

I have an XP DT and a Vista HP LT.
I am networking thru a Trendnet 432 router - which seems to have other issues.
I have an HP4360 printer on the DT.
The print spooler is running on the DT
The LT is connected to the DT via a wired connection - there seems to be a problem with the wireless at the router.
I can see the DT resources with WE.
I can see the printer via the add printer window.
it says the printer is ready. The printer is set as default on the LT.
I print a txt file, it shows up on the printer window on the LT as printing
it does not appear on the DT printer window.
If I try to cancel the document it just sits there looking stupid.

WHAT am I missing????????????

thx

Error when Connecting to the Internet

hotsvensk — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:11:59 GMT

So I installed Kaspersky internet security, it was all downhill from there, i had no idea that there were compatablity errors with Vista... i uninstalled it, and then anti-virus software cannot find the internet connection, MSN live messenger cannot find the internet connection...
I have literally tried everything on google about MSN not working, and it doesnt work... I have tried to clean the registry, and many "run" commands...
I have installed anti virus, ran, and cleaned..

but STILL not working...

question is... any tips on this? or Do I need to reload windows completely? (Do a full recovery?) Anything I can do in Safe mode? Will recovering windows completely delete these errors Im having?

Thanks!! Any help would be appreciate it.

Err: a cable is not plugged into the network adapter

gary22712 — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:08:37 GMT

Hello,

I have 4 computers in my office. After reimaging 3 of them due to infection with a worm, they will no longer access my DSL connection and network properly. I get the message in the subject line above. All of the cables are plugged in properly and worked properly before the reimaging. My 4th computer which was not reimaged is connecting properly to the internet. When I checked the Device Manager, the only difference that I can see on this working computer is that it has an additional entry under Network Adapters. It has the name of my modem, Westell Wirespeed Dual Connect Modem. My other 3 computers do not show this. Can this be causing the problem, and if so, how can I get the other 3 computers to recognize this?

I operate a wired office, NOT wirless, running Vista Business, on HP DX5800 computers.

Thanks!!

To share Files BOTH PCs(AP+WL Laptop) must have Local Network used, to PRIVATE and not PUBLIC

lse123 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:09:26 GMT

BOTH VISTAs PCs+AP Thomson 585 v7 gateway
Sometimes when I share a FOLDER in one PC over the Local Network(AP+WL Laptop) in /Users/ main folder, rather all folder /Users/ appear shared ? where the error ? How to delete in this case or in another normal case the /Users/ folder or other folder from /NETWORK/ DRIVE (not be shared any more) ?

cotributor, owner, co-owner what differ ? this matters to above problem ?

To share Files BOTH PCs(AP+WL Laptop) must have Local Network used, to PRIVATE and not PUBLIC ? CORRECT ?

Destination Folder Access Denied

bj33790 — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:32:11 GMT

Hi, I have searched the internet for hours trying to find a solution to this....anyone here know...please!!

I am running Vista Ultimate on one PC and XP Pro SP2 on another. I am the only user and have full admin rights on both (I checked) They are connected by a wired home network. I can see and browse the XP PC from the Vista PC, install programs from the XP PC onto the Vista PC - no problem BUT.... when I am using the Vista PC and try to copy a file across from the XP PC I can see the file appear in the Vista folder (using drag & drop) but then I get the dreaded "Destination Folder Acess Denied....You need permission toperform this action" you can only click 'RETRY.'or 'CANCEL'....of course RETRY just repeats the errorwindow and CANCel removes the file that you have dropped into the destination folder. As I am the owner with full rights over the folder, does anyone know what this message means and how to set whatever 'permission' is required?

thanks in hopeful anticipation.....

Vista and IIS

Anna — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:50:18 GMT

Hi! I have a problem with the IIS Manager.

I can't find the IIS Management Console in the list under "Turn Windows features on or off".

There was no problem downloading the program, and the list shows the other things such as IIS Manager 6 and IIS Manager 7. When I try to start the Inetmngr a box is shown saying "You have to first switch on your IIS Management Console, you will find it under "Turn Windows features on or off" on Your Control Panel. But for me it's not there. What am I missing?

Thanks in andvance:)

Anna

Configuring Multiple gateways, IP to access Office LAN and Internet

laiju1982 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:58:17 GMT

When i am connected to my office network i have to give a specific network detials and to connect to Internet i have to give different network details.

Like for example,

i have to use the following details to connected to my Office LAN

IP:10.115.30.95
subnet mask:255.255.0.0
Gateway:10.115.30.1

To connect to internet, i have to use the below details,

IP:192.168.1.12
Subnet mask:255.255.255.0
Gateway:192.168.1.1

DNS:59.179.243.70
Alt DNS:203.94.243.70

i tried to route my office LAN by using the below command,

route -p add 10.115.30.0 mask 255.255.0.0 10.115.30.1

but in vain , i was able to access only internet.

Please tell me a way to access both internet as well as LAN simultaneously.

Thanks

Home network shares

thnewton — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:25:27 GMT

Hi,

I'm trying to maintain a connection to two shares (including a printer) on a
home network. Is there a way to make Vista Home Premium remember network
passwords so I do not have to re-enter them every time I re-start my
computer. I have tried checking the remember password option but it does
not do anything. I have read elsewhere that Vista Home Premium -
specifically - doesn't remember user id's/passwords to network shares. Is
this true?

Thanks, Tom

Can't ping any PC connected to my wireless modem

CountDeLafey — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:16:51 GMT

hi, I have two pcs under a wirelessrouter and a virtual machine in one of the pcs. I cant even ping the pc hosting the virtual one. If I ping the virtual machine from the host pc or other pc the result is: Reply from xxx.xxx.x.xx: Destination host unreachable. And if I try ping any PC from the virtual machine the result is: Requested timed out.
I was using comodo firewall and disabled it and the windows firewall too, as well as the anti virus. Any idea what can I do to so the machines can communicate?

Vista Home Premium OS btw

Thanks

linksys router

marciobarbalho — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:27:16 GMT

greetings,

dear friends, this router provides wireless internet in 5 PCs network, the problem is, some guys have been downloading huge video files and others havent, these ones have complained that their internet speed has slowed a lot.

Any idea on how to fix this?

How to I make the router set a fixed speed for every one of the users? It is just not fair. This is an 1 MB/s internet, I need everybody (5 people) to get 200 kb/s ONLY.

Thank you

Wireless Connection problem - constant drop outs (Intel Pro 3945ABG wireless NIC)

huey85 — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:53:15 GMT

Hi guys I recently purchased a new HP Pavilion laptop which came with Vista Home Premium and I have been having constant drop outs and connection problems with my laptop and wireless billion modem/router (BIPAC-743GE). My connection strength is never above 60% - Always on Good connection, never goes up to Very Good or Excellent - my old Laptop which had Windows XP always had Very Good and Excellent connections. It also never had drop outs.

What I mean by 'drop outs', is that after a period of time being connected to the modem/router, my laptop will disconnect (not entirely) from the modem/router and I end up with a Limited Connection (Local Only). This happens after being connected for only 2 hours or so *the time varies every now and then* When I try to disconnect from the modem/router and try to reconnect, my laptop cannot find any wireless connections until I actually restart the laptop. Also, I am using the HP Wireless Assistant which came preinstalled.

Note: none of the other 2 computers (running XP) on the network that are using the same wireless/modem router - 1 is wired connection and the other one is wireless - drop out of have poor connections.

All of my drivers are up to date, I have disabled IPv6 and have manually configured my IP, Gateway and DNS settings in IPv4.

Would anyone have any clue what is up with this? Any help at all would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.

Windows Vista logging to Windows domain over OpenVPN

xfirestorm — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:22:05 GMT

Hello,

here's a situation. I have a Win2k8 Server acting as a domain and file server(DNS also). On it, I've installed and configured OpenVPN Server, so now, the server has 2 local IPs.
Local LAN IP: 192.168.1.254
VPN LAN IP: 10.8.0.1
And then I have some remote machines, some running WinXP some WinVista.
On WinXP I downloaded OpenVPN, configured it, started as service, connected to VPN server like should, joined a domain, rebooted, logged in, everythings working.

But then I came across WinVista remote machine, followed the same procedure, installed OpenVPN, configured, started as service, it connected to VPN Server and so far everything has been ok. The trouble started when I tried joining a domain, no matter what I tried(googled half the web) and nothings seems to do the trick. I simply can't connect to the domain, using the domain name, it replies with error that it can't handle the operation.

The VPN is pushing it self as WINS and DNS server, which is ok, if I nslookup server.domain.local it resolves to both IPs, 10.8.0.1 and 192.168.1254, with VPN LAN IP being on top. Which is ok, same happens on WinXP machine.
So I was kinda frustrated there, as the resolving seemed ok. So instead of just resolving, I tried pinging. First on WinXP:
ping server.domain.local
resolves to 10.8.0.1 and ping goes through just fine.
Next WinVista:
ping server.domain.local
resolves to 192.168.1.254 and ping goes nowhere. :O
Although if I ping 10.8.0.1 it works.
So I think...well...I know that the problem is right here, because WinVista uses the Local LAN IP instead of the VPN LAN IP.
Which is perfectly clear to me, and I've been searching everywhere to convince Vista to use the VPN LAN IP instead and...no dice.
I've even edited systemroot\system32\driver\etc\hosts file and added:
10.8.0.1 domain.local
10.8.0.1 server
10.8.0.1 server.domain.local
Then tried pinging in same order, first two resolved to VPN IP just like it should, but when I tried to ping server.domain.local the resolve was wrong(Local LAN IP) again.
So now I'm kinda lost :S

HALP!? :hehe:

Best regards,
Thomas

Remote Access with Vista no working

James Hee — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:20:30 GMT

I have two laptop. One with Win XP and another with Vista.

My XP system is able to remote access connected to my Netgear ReadyNAS Duo WITHOUT any problem to access all the folders.

But my Vista System is only able to access shared folders and NOT the private folder which required a password to access.

I have tried to change the setting in the Security option in the Local Policies but still not able to solve the problem.

Anybody can provide some suggestion how to solve this problem?

James Hee

Cookie problem

Jeo — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:45:47 GMT

I recently had to clear out cookies but now I can't go to trusted sites (like amazon etc) without having to manually log on each time. IE8's privacy setting is set to medium, which should allow first party cookies. What can I do?

EDIT: When I say "trusted sites", I don't mean that I added them to the trusted sites list. :hehe:

Networking 2 computers - Help is greatly appreciated

dacoder96 — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:15:46 GMT

Hi there,
I currently have a laptop running Vista Home Basic (probably going to upgrade to Ultimate) and Im about to buy a new desktop (If I upgrade my laptop to Ultimate I also update the desktop to Ultimate)
I am wondering how I can network them together so that I can;
- Share user-accounts
- Share files (read, save, write). These files are read/save/written onto the desktops hard drive
- Sharing internet is not a problem but if I need to share the internet to laptop through the desktop (or vise versa) it doesn't matter
- Share programs

How would I do this? I can use cable to connect them but I would like my laptop wireless so that I can move about the house with it. The desktop will not have wireless (Dell told me that their desktops don't come with wireless)

---- Following is optional (but it would be handy)----
I would like to be able to access this from the web so that when Im at school or away I can connect on the web to my network and download/upload/edit files. I can supply hosting and domain names to do this (I have alot of experience in web design (programming and designing) and also abit of experience in non-webbased coding languages. Also familiar with Windows OS's. Though I am not very experienced in networking so I need some help)

---- MAC OS ----
I am also thinking about installing a Mac OS on the desktop but this doesn't really need to be networked to the laptop so I think I'm fine there but anyway, is it possible to network a Mac and Vista together? I got a feeling you can't...

Thanks for reading and hopefully you can help me!! If you don't mind when you reply can you just state what the paragraph is about like I have because there is quite abit there.
Example)
---- Topic Name ----
Blah Blah Blah

Thanks again!

Browser connection stopping

bigmaluk — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:24:18 GMT

I have a real poser My browser (I have tried different ones to check) stops after awhile and I cant get the net But i can Ping and get reply use email and news groups I have closed firewall and virus protection And tried another connection IE friends house. Its via wireless but i repeat email and news and ping command work ok any suggestions

Error 691 all of a sudden

anna_k — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:30:06 GMT

Hello, I hope someone can help me.

I have windows vista on my laptop and have a d-link DIR-300 router connected to a DSL modem providing wireless internet.

This has worked flawlessly for months, then, while online 3 days ago, I got a Error 691 message (incorrect password or username) in the middle of a session.

I have checked and double checked my details to no avail.

Since then I have had to get a new password from my Internet Provider several times and have now established, that when I run the new password dierctly by cable to my DSL modem it works.

BUT, as soon as I set up my router I get the Error 691 messages again. Not only that, but when I revert back to the cable and modem (switching off and completely bypassing the router) I also get the Error 691 message there. The password is then no good anymore!!!

I have also noticed that when I use a new password that works that is, let's say 8 or 9 characters long, after trying to set up my router it shows a 16 character long password that I can't read (just black dots). Thereafter, even if I manually type in the actual password into the dial up field it reverts back to a 16 character password i can't read when I press connect.

Even when I delete all connections in control panel and set up a new connection the password doesn't work anymore and I have to get a new one from my ISP.

This is very frustrating and I don't understand why this should occur all of a sudden.

Does anybody know why this happens now? Can somebody please help me?

Thx,
anna

Mapped drive and network printer issues

jlp564 — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:48:35 GMT

I've got a five workstations running Vista Business networked to a machine running Server 2008. Every so often, when I try to print, I get an error saying that I have no printers installed. When I go to the control panel to check the printers, none of the three printers I have installed are listed. When I try to add a printer, I get an error. I also have a laptop running Vista Home that has the same printer issue. Also, when users try to access network storage, they get an error saying that the drive is not available. After a reboot, everything is back to normal. I can print with no issues and mapped drives are accessible. Does anyone know what's happening to my drives and printers? How can I keep this from happening in the future?

What is the best way to send a command remotely?

gnperdue — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:20:29 GMT

Hello,

I (will shortly) have two Vista machines visible to each other via LAN. I have custom software launched via a command in a cmd.exe window with a series of arguments. I would like to launch copies of this software close to simultaneously on two machines (one of them is acting as master, the other basically as a slave). What is the best way to launch the cmd.exe app remotely and pass a number of arguments?

Thanks for your time!

disabled network connection now unbale to figure out how to enable it again

harj103 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:47:08 GMT

i was connected to the internet at uni and i went to the network and internet thing and noticed i was connected to 2 networks, i then disabled one of the networks that i was connected to by accident and am unable to connect to the internet now. i have tried to find out how to enable that network connection that i disabled but am unable to find out how to, please can you help me fix it so i can connect to the internet. thanks

Connection Drops/Crawls, Especially Under Load

binary_10essee — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:32:08 GMT

First off, hello everyone. I just registered on the forums today. This seems like a good place to post my problem and possibly find a solution.:D

Okay now, my computer is a Compaq Presario SR5710F desktop PC. Specs are as follows:

250GB SATA HDD
3GB RAM
AMD 2.3GHz Dual Core
nForce 430 Network Adapter (factory)
3Mbps DSL (Phone Company)
Comtrend Modem
Belkin G Wireless Router

I am wired into the router, not connecting using wireless.

My problem is that every now and then my connection stops working. Typically it's after several hours of use (maybe 6 or 7 hours). But at times it can be only an hour or two. When it stops working the icon in the system tray shows the connection icon, it's the 2 monitor-like icons with a globe. It still says it's connected to "Local & Internet". However, if I let the connection sit for several minutes the connection changes to "Limited or No Connectivity".

It doesn't matter what I'm doing while online. I can leave my computer alone for a couple hours, come back, and it has dropped once. I can tell because my Yahoo! Messenger window is open. I close it to the system tray unless I need to open it for something. When the internet connection drops Yahoo! will actually get forced to sign out, but it reconnects.

That is, Yahoo! reconnects SOMETIMES. The connection drops don't always cause the "Limited or No Connectivity". It's quite random. The connection drops themselves are random for the most part.

Anyhow, I can duplicate the problem very easily. If I go to YouTube and watch two or three videos, whether they're 10 minutes long or 30-45 seconds long each, my connection bogs down. I can close Firefox and other internet applications, but it persists. After watching a few videos I ping Google (ping -t Google.com). Typically my ping to Google is ~37ms. But after watching videos (YouTube or ANY video web site, and embedded video players) my ping to Google shoots up to 400ms+.

After my connection sits for a few minutes AFTER the slowdown, the ping to Google starts spiking to 1300ms+ quite often, then back to 300-700ms. Then after more time I start to receive "Request timed out." responses every so often. I get 2 or 3 timeouts in a row, then it picks the 300-700ms ping back up.

I have had this problem since the day I plugged the computer in straight out of the box. I have disabled IPv6, auto-tuning, messed with the DHCP BROADCAST flag and such, and every other trick that worked for people on the internet. I think I've actually read quite a few threads on this forum (via Google searches) about the problem.

Here's the thing. We have 2 other computers hooked up as well. One is a Vista laptop, connected using wireless. The other is a slightly older eMachines desktop with Windows XP Pro SP2 wired to the router. Neither of those computers has ANY problem whatsoever. We can watch YouTube all day long on those systems with no drops/slowdowns.

I have plugged my computer into the router, and the modem itself. I have power-cycled the router and modem. I have talked to my ISP, and they haven't experienced other customers with this issue before. I called HP support last night. The tech did a Remote Session, and found no problems. We made sure my NIC driver was up-to-date. I have also tried doing a rollback on the NIC driver.

I have also used another ethernet cable. I took my computer from where it is now to where the XP desktop sits. I used its ethernet cable, and ran into the exact same problem I have now.

Is there anymore information that would be helpful? Sorry if I missed anything. I'd really appreciate any thoughts/comments/suggestions.

Intermittant trouble automating Word/Excel from download

m6rk — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:49:37 GMT

Windows Vista Business SP1
IE8
Office 2007
Windows Defender - disabled.

----
I have a web application that the customer downloads files as either .pdf,.doc,.xls. The files are retrieved through an ASPX file. This methodology has been in production for 5 years without a single report of trouble.

The download occurs as a content-disposition of "inline", with content-type of either application/msword, application/vnd.ms-excel, or application/pdf.

The user has demonstrated (to me via webex) an intermittant problem when automating the .doc and .xls files in word/excel. The problem manifests itself as an error message of:

Error processing request:Object reference not set to an instance of an object

This error message is located in a new browser window, where i would have expected the content to appear.

If the user clicks the link 3 times, it is likely that one of those times will successfully open the file in either Word or excell as appropriate.

The files can be "saved as", and then opened without any problem. This works 100% of the time.

Opening a PDF file works 100% of the time.

The error only occurs when a non-adminstrator user is logged in.

Configuring the browser to trust the site did not have an effect on the problem.

Does anyone know what is wrong?

change domain name in vista

nordboh — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:51:19 GMT

Hello, got windows vista installed and my user name is connected to a domain. Problem is that the domain name is wrong, I want to change the name of the domain but it seems like I have to add a new user, which would mean I have to set up tons of new stuff on my computer.

It is no problem changing the domain the computer is a member of, problem is changing the domain the user uses. If I click my computer=>control panel=>user accounts=>and then i click the option for maintaining user accounts (not sure what the menu option is in english because my computer is installed with another language)=>then I get a list of usernames, domain and group. Is there any way of editing the domain in this list?

intermittant connection on browser fireup

ITMAN — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:16:22 GMT

Here's my problem at both home and work;

at home we have 1 desktop and 3 laptops running on a network. Vistax64, Vista, & XP mix

at our business we have 3 desktops and 3 laptop. vista & XP.

About half the time when we launch the browser, it just stalls. no load. you must close the browser and try again. almost always goes online the 2nd time. Sometimes a third try is required. Programs running in common on both networks;

IE8
Skype
MS Office 2007
Norton 360

the home Modem is a 2wire, the office modem is a netopia. The DSL provider is ATT.

Thanks for any help.

how to implement a linux ip address into windows vista

Rajakumar_S — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:41:27 GMT

i am using linux operating system,in this linux ,i run windows vista through virtual box ose ,here when check my ip address in linux is in 192.--,--,-- format ,but in vista os ,it like 10.0.2.2 .....how can i change my ip into 192...series,help me to resolve my problem?

Problem connecting 2 PCs using an Ethernet cable

persian514 — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 23:11:20 GMT

I'm having problems connecting two computers together using an Ethernet cable.
I'm nearly sure i have no hardware problems because the two computers can communicate with the internet with no problem.

One of the two computers is a PC using WindowsXP Pro
The other is another PC using WindowsVistaHome.

I know there are ways of connecting them wirelesssly, but for my desired job I need to be able to have these 2 PCs in the same network using an Ethernet cable.

They are both in a workgroup called "WORKGROUP"

The PC with WinXP is not able to detect the PC with Vista

But on the PC with Vista , under "Network" the name of the PC with WinXP shows up under "Unspecified" but when i double-click on it to see the shared files/folder it give me an error :

[img]http://i28.tinypic.com/24enqpy.jpg[/img]

When I click on diagnose, I get another error :

[img]http://i29.tinypic.com/swda4y.jpg[/img]

Thank you
:D

at startup (vista home premium) appear to choose between two users USER and GUEST ?

lse123 — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:22:48 GMT

I went to setup networking (sharing files with Thomson SpeedTouch TG585
V7 Modem/Router wirelessly) unsuccessfully but now at startup (vista home premium) appear to choose between two users USER and GUEST ? How I login as USER without the prompt to choose ?

Is it really needed two users (and same time the choose user choice) when setup networking (sharing files with Thomson SpeedTouch TG585 V7 Modem/Router wirelessly) ???

Vista may get setup sharing files with Thomson SpeedTouch TG585 V7 Modem/Router wirelessly [vistas:home premium+home basic], thomson sdays yes, well ?

The "unsolveable" connection problem

masterxan — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:36:28 GMT

This problem has defied all attempts by some half-dozen people, including multiple trained tech support guys (from the States, not foreigners). I've spent some time looking through forums and Google, no luck. I hope somebody here can help!

The Situation:
Wireless router. Multiple computers on the network, some desktop and some laptop, plus a cell phone and PSP. Only one desktop doesn't work. Computers are using Vista and XP, problem computer is using Vista.

The Specs:
HP desktop purchased at Best Buy just over a year ago. Full memory upgrade, 400+ GB hard drive, the works. Zonet Wireless 8185 card is the only addition to the stock model.
Windows Vista 32 bit. Fully updated as of a few months ago.
NO Anti-Virus, firewall, or other similar programs installed.

Symptoms:
Shows full connection to wireless network, full bars. Unable to access anything through browsers (IExplorer or Firefox). Unable to ping outside address (like google.com)

What we've tried:
Computer connected to internet in Idaho, family moved to South Dakota and got a new internet provider. The other computers switched over just fine, this one wouldn't connect at all.

Tinkered around with settings, found TCP/IP 4 wasn't activated. Clicked it on, double checked other settings to find them correct. Renewed IP addresses, got one, but it was a 169. However, the computer finally recognized the network as existing. Connected with limited access only.

Checked password for accuracy, reset router settings from computer. Reset router by unplugging power, waiting, plugging in. Renewed IP address. Disabled Windows firewall. Used three different drivers for Zonet card. Computer still only connected with limited access only.

Called tech support (the internet provider; HP won't provide support because it's out of warranty by 3 months). They verified our password as correct, verified that there were no problems on their end. Verified that the account was set up for 10 simultaneous connections, removing the possibility of us overloading the account with the six other devices accessing it.

Tech guy disabled router firewall. Used netsh commands to reset IPs and all that jazz. We verified other settings for accuracy. Tried to ping google.com from cmd and got nothing.

Restarted in Safe Mode with network access. Same results; Windows says it's connected, but no packets are received, can't ping out, nothing can get through.

Attempted to force manual IP and DNS selections. Using IP provided by tech guy, entering into Network status -> TCP/IPv6 -> Properties -> Manual selection, we got the error that it was an "invalid address". What?

After the few hours with tech support, it said we were fully connected, but still couldn't get anything through. Ended tech support call. Uninstalled network card, swapped with totally different card. Installed, same results: "full connection" without any actual access. Reinstalled original card, sat down and cried.

Okay, didn't really cry. But yeah. We tried every suggestion through Windows "diagnose" pop-ups. Looked online for help, found some stuff on MAC addresses, tried that and locked down the whole network. Had to call tech support again, had them reset router settings to undo my mistake. Asked this tech support guy for suggestions, swapped ideas, ended up with the same stuff the first guy had thought up.

It seriously seems like something is blocking the connection, like a mystery firewall somewhere. But there isn't an anti-virus installed, nor another firewall, and nothing else should load up in safe mode...

So, does anyone have any ideas? None are too simple, none are too complicated. I want to hear them all.

Unable to connect to FTP server

laurenuser1 — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:33:30 GMT

I just received 3 new laptops from Dell (Vostro 1520's) with Vista Home basic. I have internet exlorer 8 installed and firefox with fireftp. Im aware of windows inability to connect to ftp servers either through internet explorer 8 or windows explorer but i've always been able to connect to my ftp server with fireftp. Thats not the case with these machines...i open up fireftp, plug in my specifics and its says its trying to connect but then comes back with an error reading "unable to connect to server. Please try again". I've checked my server logs and my logs dont even show that my laptop even tried to connect to the server, the laptop isnt allowing the ftp request to even leave the computer.

I know its not...

-My router settings
-ftp server address
-username or password
-windows firewall on Norton (tried turning both off)

Im completely drawing a blank as to what could be causing this, the server is set to the standard port 21 so there's nothing extra that needs to be done as far as i know with that.

Any advice would be appreciated thanks in advance.

changing IP address

jayefem — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:50:41 GMT

I have been trying to link to a piece of network equipment that I need to configure. The equipment is not a PC, it is a stand alone remote control device used for detecting movement.
The instructions are that I have to change my IP address to a static IP and then link the equipment via ethernet cables. I was using my laptop which has Vista home as the operating system & I have followed the instructions to change my IP address to a static IP. I was successful in changing the IP address as suggested but I am unable to connect. When I try and diagnose the problem it says that a cable is not connected to the LAN port. This is confirmed by the fact that when I connect the ethernet cable to the laptop the connection icon in the taskbar dosen't change. I have tested the cables and have actually used these cables and another laptop to connect the same equipment and it all worked. The only difference was the other laptop is running windows XP. As soon as I plugged the ethernet cable to the XP laptop the connection icon in the taskbar changed and recognised the connection. I was then able to do my configuation of the equipment. My question is why can't I connect using the Vista laptop but I can when using the XP laptop. I have used the same theory on both laptops to change my IP address to a static IP address but can only get connection when using XP. Is there another setting I have turn on or change within Vista for it to accept that the IP address has changed?

I used these instructions to change my IP address within Vista ... http://maximumpcguides.com/windows-vista/change-my-ip-address-in-windows-vista/

Any help would be appreciated ,

Thanks Joe

Sharing blues

BlueCat — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:41:28 GMT

:hehe: Hi there,

I have a share on XP pro, but can only copy files less than 100KB in size when issueing the copy action from the Vista Business machine.

I did all of the sharing / permissions / make computer private stuff, but only files smaller than 100KB lands on the local (Vista) machine.

Did any one encounter this before?

Thanks,