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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?

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.....

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,

Web pages no longer displayed - Help

bugmenot123 — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:53:51 GMT

Hi, I've been asked to take a look at a friends PC for them as the Internet stopped working a couple of weeks ago. So far I've not had much luck. Here's the details:
Friend said they installed Google Earth around the time webpages stopped loading. Also, they said they might have installed an anti virus program (of which I'm unable to find, so don't know how far they got).

What I've done so far:

Checked the Connection details were OK.
Uninstalled Google Earth and any associated program that may have come with it.
I couldn't find any kind of anti virus software apart from what originally came with the machine so I haven't touched this (This is Norton Anti Virus by the way).
System restored to a couple of months ago when it was definatly working (That was the earliest restore point). Restore was successful but the problem persisted.
Been through Vista Help documents of which one said to try start the computer in safe mode with networking which I did and actually managed to get webpages displaying OK. From this the docs say I might have a software conflict, so I've disabled all non microsoft programs in the startup (msconfig) and done the same with processes. No luck though.
I've also taken a look at the system devices where I have found under network adapters something called 6T04 adapter (which I believe to be something to do with IPv6 packets) which had a yellow triangle under it and about 15 reoccurances underneath. I've tried updating them, but Vista says I have the most up to date drivers already installed.
The browser simply says webpage cannot be displayed... I've tried the link to diagnose network problems but the results came back stating that no problem was found.
Finally I've tried unticking the IPv6 checkbox under the connection properties, leaving the IPv4 on but to no avail.

Any ideas would be great,

Thanks,

BEFORE POSTING READ! Guide: Connecting/Sharing on a network with Vista

Jason — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:14:08 GMT

Out of the box Vista is locked down to prevent intrusions and virus's for the beginner user. More advanced users tend to want more flexibility between their computers and the network they reside on. If you are having trouble sharing printers or file sharing this is the place.

Here are some things to change and check to get vista talking to other xp machines:

Right Click Computer > Change Settings > Click Advanced Settings on the left And make sure your Vista machine is on the same workgroup as the XP machines.
Navigate to Control Panel > Network and Internet. You are going to need to change the network type to Private from Public, you can tell which your computer is set to by looking to the right To the right of the network name and location type, click Customize. In the Set Network Location dialog box, click Private, and then click Next.
Now Vista knows your network is secure and will allow connections to other machines.
In the same Network and Internet settings panel make sure to turn on File Sharing/Network Discovery/Public Folder Sharing/Printer Sharing. You may also turn on Password Protected Sharing which will force any pc trying to connect to login with one of the administrator credentials on the Vista machine.

Reboot and give it a try! If you still cannot connect from the XP machine. Make sure the XP machine is on the same work group using the similiar method listed above, and Turn off ANY firewall Microsoft or third party, on both XP and Vista . Just remember to re-enable firewalls afterwards.

Connection Issues

Alex625 — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:39:45 GMT

well my problem started yesterday when my internet started reacting wierd , it lost connection than a few moments later it came back i turned off my computer and i checked my modem to see if my internet was workin it did but when i opened up internet explorer or anythin related to connecting to the internet ( msn) it lost connection and i really need help

"Windows cannot access \\PC\USER

jdcountryboy91 — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:42:04 GMT

I am trying to just do a basic fileshare between 3 computers. I am trying to share my main user Folder which is where all my stuff is so that i can access it accross my network. Network is private. Same workgroup. File sharing is turned on.

I browse to the folder... C:\Users\**USER**
Right click and click "Share..."
I then click "ADVANCED SHARING" because the regular "Share" button is greyed out (??)
I click "share this folder" and give full permissions.

When i go to another computer and browse accross the network I can see the shared folder but when i try to access it i get "WINDOWS CANNOT ACCESS \\*COMPUTER*\*USER*

If i click "Diagnose" it says " *USER* is avalible but the user account you are logged on with is denied access"

What do I need to do to make this happen?? I did it before on another machine running vista home premium. This PC i am trying to do it on now is running vista ultimate and is giving me this headache.

thanks

Network Discovery issues??

lc1500mc — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:29:28 GMT

Problem: I am able to connect to my home network but cannot see any other available networks or cannot set up a new network.."network discovery"?

Also, the following links dont work. They do not respond at all

"Connect to" on the start menu

In the "Network and sharing center"

Connect to a computer

Setup a connection or network

Customize

I am running Vista home premium with SP2 on a Gateway M150XL. AVG security 8.5, Ad-aware anniversary edition, Sharing CD and C drive with XP computer. Wireless wifi link = Intel 4965agn

Did the following:

Rolled back to earliest restore point

Booted up in safe mode with networking

Ran system file checker (sfc /scannow )from the command line

No virus's or spyware

Running "private" network

Made sure all services were either running or on automatic in "computer management".

Downloaded all available updates, drivers from Microsoft and Intel

Is anyone aware how to repair these dead links or:

Is there a stand alone wireless lan utility that will allow me to view any available networks and set up one

"Connect to a Network" not available

Evilolive — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:24:13 GMT

So I've been looking at this for a day now and I'm a little burnt out on the matter.

This is a Dell Inspiron 1505 running Vista 32 bit and a Dell 1390 WLAN MiniCard. This is my mother's computer.

This computer has had no issue with connecting to the internet in the past. It goes through regular usage that includes nothing more than browsing the internet (commonly banking).

She was asked recently to watch a family friend's house while they are away on vacation for a couple weeks, so she thought that it might be a good idea to bring her laptop with her to entertain herself and keep up with important things. She receives their WEP information and asks for me to input it for her. I go in to add the new wireless profile that she may connect at their house; however, when I clicked "add" (under "Manage Wireless Networks") I received no response. Nothing opens, nothing closes, nothing prompts me for anything.

I checked to make sure the wireless card is enabled (it is) and that the drivers are up-to-date (they are). I attempted to connect to my home network from her laptop, something that shouldn't be a problem. I see the system tray icon that is indicating that there are wireless networks available. I left click on it to bring up the menu giving me "Connect to a network" or "Network and Sharing Center." I click on "Connect to a network" and nothing happens. The window doesn't go away, the connection options never show up, etc.

Please forgive me if I am forgetting something basic. Any assistance in the matter would be appreciated. I bow to the sages on this one.

Network and Sharing Center - "Connect to a Network" no response

Marshall4 — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:44:29 GMT

Iin Network and Sharing Center - when I click on Connect to a Network nothing happens. When I mouse over the icon it changes color and underlines so it knows I want it, but a click is met with silence - totally ignores me. Likewise Set up a connection or Network is ignored. But View computers and devices, Manage wireless networks, Manage network connections, and Diagonose and Repair all bring up their windows.

I would like to change my wireless network from public to private. When I open the Network and Sharing Center my network is displayed as public. When I click on Customize there is no response - no window opens, nothing happens.

I also have a problem with Manage Wireless Networks - when I click on Add nothing happens - no window opens, no response. The button icon does depress acknowledging my click, but i get nothing. Result is I can't connect to a wireless hotspot like at Panera or Starbucks.

To get my wireless network setup I had to use the install disk with my Linksys and its program Linksys Easylink Advisor to add the network and its settings. These problems began about 2 months ago - first noticed as couldn't connect at hotspots. Dell tried to help but deleted my current settings and I had to get it working as above. There final opinion was that it was a Vista problem and I should reinstall Vista!

Is this a problem with Vista - a program that won't run or something? Any way to directly access those programs or repair them if their not working?

Computer Will Not Connect To Wireless Router

Supercon — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:49:44 GMT

So I have windows vista on my gateway computer with a Netgear wireless router. My computer was able to connect to the router fine for a long time and then one day after closing firefox my computer displayed a message saying something like "Java Binary Se has stopped working". Ever since then my computer has not been able to connect to the internet. The rest of my family can use it fine (some of which are vista). I've been trying to figure this out for some time now and its starting to get extremely annoying. If anyone has any solutions I would appreciate it greatly. Thanks.

Internet Stops, MSN Still Works

Gannet — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:14:06 GMT

After surfing for a while, the internet just stops and I get the "IE Cannot display the webpage" and "Diagnose Connection" button. It cannot find any problems with my connection. Nothing short of restarting the computer gets the internet working again (which often takes 40 min, or holding the power button down to force it to turn off.) IE, Google Chrome and Firefox all suffer the same problem.

The wireless connection (Linksys WRT160N) is good, never drops and always works on the other XP machine. It seems that I can provoke the problem by opening a lot of windows and driving the RAM meter on my sidebar up past 50% but that might only be my imagination. Sometimes I click a link and get the error message, click refresh and immediately it works. It seems random sometimes.

What's weird is the whole time MSN Messenger works perfectly fine sending and receiving. I can't get the Vista machine to connect N (although it recognizes the router as N), it only works on a B level but I think that's a whole other problem.

I have a Toshiba Satellite P300, P7450 2.13 Ghz, 8gb. Vista Home Premium, SP2. Any ideas?

Network Gamming Issues

tobin517 — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:46:50 GMT

Trouble connecting to network

Ok here’s my problem. I bought a game, Demigods, and from the first day I was never able to connect or stay connected to a game. I tried all the remedies: opened ports, checked port forwarding, used a proxy server, turned off and uninstalled antivirus and firewalls, turned off windows firewalls, etc. Still never worked. It would allow me to get online, chat in the lobby, connect to other players and then start the game, but each time I would then be dropped because of the connection.

Then I ended up reinstalling vista because it was getting junky on me. When I had only the first few basic windows updates installed, the game played perfectly regardless if I had a port forwarded, firewall/antivirus software, or was proxied. So after playing for a few weeks I then download and installed these three updates: 1) Vista Service Pack 1, 2) Security Update for Micro XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2, 3) A update for definitions for windows defender. Promptly after installing those updates the game then went back to the aforementioned problems. Do a system restore back to where the 3 updates were not installed allowed me to play with no problems.

Thinking maybe this was a bug that would be fixed after ALL updates were installed I then installed everything windows would allow me. But STILL the game does not work.

Any thoughts or suggestions? Please let me know what other information you need to help me with this request.

Thanks in advance,

Toby

Windows Vista Home Premium
Model A8N32-SLI-Deluxe
BIOS Version A M I - 1000602
CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+
2047 MB Total, 869 MB Free
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS

D-Link (Wda-1320) error problem for windows vista.

rommeldude1 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:14:45 GMT

ok i rebooted my computer cause it was running slow and when i installed this linksys is perfectly fine but this d-link wda-1320 installation isn't working it always gets that error i tried it 7x and its massively wasting so many Mb, & so installshield wizard window appeared and when it gets to the 3rd "Next button" screen & it loads for the desktop icon after when its done on that screen it stops, and when i press the desktop icon on my screen a 2 message pops up

#1 "The procedure entry point apsCreateMIB could not be located in the dynamic link library wlanapi.dll."

#2 "The procedure entry point apsSearchInterface could not be located in the dynamic link library wlanapi.dll."

how to fix this problem?

unable to use VoIP software, file sharing applications dc++ and bitcomet

kishan — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:59:25 GMT

Hello All,

I am new to this forum.

I have been using a legal version of windows vista business with SP 1 and have installed all the recent updates.

Just a few days ago some of the applications that I often use dont work any more. The applications are freecall ( a voip software ), Bit Comet and DC++ .

I have searched many forums on all the above mentioned applications and also many Windows vista forums but still am not able to figure out what has gone wrong or why am unable to fix this issue.

Some of the things that I have tried,

1) Tried system restore by restoring the system to a week earlier settings. This didnt work out.
2) uninstalled the firewall ( comodo ) I had on my comp. Disabled windows firewall . Even this didnt work.
3) I had VMWare installed and hence I thought that it had disturbed the network settings . So later i also uninstalled this VMWare application.
4) Then after reading some posts in other forums, I ran services.msc then disabled UpnP and SDSP . Even this didnt work out.
5) Now I have only my windows firewall turned on with exceptions to all the applications mentioned above.Even now it does not work out.

For the Dc++ thing, am unable to connect to the university Hub. whenever I try to connect to the hub it will say,

" Connecting to tudc.no-ip.org:40011...
[23:43] *** A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond."

I have to say that the hub is up and running.All my friends are able to connect.

For the Bit comet thing and other bittorrent applications it says that
"UpnP has stopped working correctly and has to debug " . After that it wont work.I have to close the application.

For the VoIP software Freecall I tried all the connection settings that I read on its website FAQ. They wont work. So now am unable to use the VoIP service that I had paid for . I was using this without any issues and making nice VoIP calls to my home till a few days back.

ok, I then tried the settings for the UpnP ,SDSP services to automatic in services.msc . Even then nothing seem to work.

I dont have any routers or additional firewalls . I just have a direct cable connection that I plug into my Ethernet socket in my laptop.

So It would be amazing and I would be extremely greatful if some one Could help me in fixing up these issues.

All in all this Vista has made my life hard in the last few days. I still have this because I work on some softwares related to my studies that works only in windows.Also I play some games that runs only in windows .I would soon move to Ubuntu Linux once my commitments are over with my studies. :angry:

xp and vista outlook sharing

netbook — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:30:04 GMT

Ok so I am trying to help my mom fix some vista/xp issues. I am a linux guy so am not at all familiar with vista. Basically the problems is this, her desktop has outlook and she downloads all her email onto it however she also has a laptop with xp which she wants to be able to use to see her outlook acocunt, however if she downloads straight onto her laptop the emails will not show up on her desktop later only on the laptop. I am curious if it is possible to set up the laptop as a sort of remote monitor for the desktop or to in some other way see the outlook of her vista desktop on the xp laptop. Any help would be greatly appreciated.