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Windows Vista: Vista WIFI PROBLEM
Vista WIFI PROBLEM
by chris_2jze - 2/7/07 12:13 PMHi all hope you have time to try and help me out, i have just bought a brand new toshiba a100-027 laptop with vista, everything is great but when i turn the wifi switch on and select a network to connect to (my work has a unsecure un firewalled network) it says iam connected and the counter is ticking down and everything but if i go to internet explorer it says that it cannot display the page, when i try to diagnose the problem it says that the problem cannot be fixed, thing i cant understand is that i have a news ticker on the top of my screen, this updates from the web with the latest news but ie wont display any internet, please help its driving me crazy, i have tryed hotspots too and they all connect as long as there is no security obvioulsy but none of them let me view the net?? any ideas would be great.. thanks.
Just a question.
by Kees Bakker
- 2/7/07 12:27 PM
In reply to: Vista WIFI PROBLEM by chris_2jze
Can you view the webpages via a wired connection (either dialup or broadband)? And via a secured wireless connection (if you have such around)?
Kees
wifi
by chris_2jze - 2/7/07 12:39 PM In reply to: Just a question. by Kees Bakker
yes i have tiscali unlimeted broadband at home with a speed touch modem on my desktop, i installed the tiscali software and it all worked, no probs, but on a wifi network it connects but cant view web pages?,, this work network iam trying to conect to is unsecure so should be no probs im assuming, i even drove to macdonalds to try it out and it connected to there unsercure network but could not view net????
wifi
by nickelspit - 2/8/07 10:18 AM In reply to: wifi by chris_2jzeCheck IE connection settings for a proxy server address that your broadband software install may have set up. Write down those settings and then pull 'em out and see if the ol' Internet comes rollin' down.
I had the same WiFi Problem
by stan1213 - 2/12/07 6:42 AM In reply to: Vista WIFI PROBLEM by chris_2jzeI had the exact same error on my brand new Dell 9400 Inspiron. The Dell "tech Support?" finally told me there was something incompatible between Vista & my 2 wire 6.0mps modem. They were wrong. I went and did a system restore back to the first time on turned on the system & everything conected perfectly. I realized that the problem was I had tried to import my Internet setting from my XP unit using the MS "easy transfer" system. Do not ever do this. Data files will transfer to Vista OK but beware of Apps & settings. Also the transfer knocked out my sigmatel sound driver so I had to download & reinstall that driver as well. Doing new system restore points every time you install something new in Vista,& it works,is also a good idea
Everything connects fine now & runs. I am using IE 7 because I found that Firefox 2 does not run properly in Vista. I also found that other accounting and MP 3 player explorers do not run properly in Vista. so,be carefull what you install until at present.
Still having this problem
by kurtbartje - 2/24/07 11:58 AM In reply to: I had the same WiFi Problem by stan1213Hi, I also have an new Inspiron 9400 with Vista Premium on it and regularly not able to connect to the Internet after my system was on standby. I haven't tried with the cable yet. But I have also tried to do the "easy transfer" setup but didn't continue because the old pc had another language installed and didn't let me continue so the problem must also be somewhere else... Do you have an idea? Would be appreciated alot!!!
Same problem
by drewboni - 3/6/07 10:27 PM In reply to: Still having this problem by kurtbartjeI just purchased a Gateway MT 3705. After an hour on the phone with SBC and the same with Gateway, both are telling me that this is a Vista compatibility issue. I too can connect to the network with "limited connectivity" (no internet). When I plug the ethernet cable in, everything works fine. Gateway is telling me to wait a few weeks that the compatibility problems are being fixed. SBC is telling me little because all of their stuff is in XP, so frankly that don't know either. Any help would sure be appreciated.
What I'm finding is...
by R. Proffitt - 3/7/07 6:11 AM
In reply to: Same problem by drewboni
It's working fine. I take such units to a hotspot and it works. Then we look at the router and such settings to sort it out.
Bob
Same Here
by apocalyptist - 3/8/07 3:12 AM In reply to: What I'm finding is... by R. Proffitt
i also experiencing that same problem. im having a hard time connecting to Wi-Fi connection. each time i diagnose it, i also have the same message saying that error cannot be fix. i havent done any changes on my system, nor install any program that may affect my internet connection. i can easily connect to a LAN connection when i plug the cable, but when i try to connect thru wi-fi, connected BUT i cannotbrowse the net... anything that might help me on this? thanks!
laptop
by apocalyptist - 3/8/07 3:14 AM In reply to: Same Here by apocalyptistoh and by the way, i using an HP Pavillion DV2000, i just bought week ago with Vista Home Premium installed on it...
Then return it.
by R. Proffitt - 3/8/07 9:10 AM
In reply to: laptop by apocalyptist
Since it doesn't connect at a free/open hotspot, it's a DOA.
Bob
Same same here
by Cha-Z - 3/20/07 1:42 PM In reply to: Then return it. by R. Proffitt
My new Dell Inspiron E1705 hooks up fine to ethernet LAN and to wireless via home 2wire modem, but will not link to any WiFi hotspot. I see the connection established in the network window, but IE will not show any pages no matter what I do with the public/private network setting, the firewall safety settings, or with the DNS or proxy settings.
This Vista OS is a dud. Why do paying customers have to be beta testers?
I solved this problem by
by A.L. - 3/20/07 4:41 PM In reply to: Vista WIFI PROBLEM by chris_2jzeI went to Internet Explorer/tools/ internet options
I put a check mark in "Never dial a connection, clicked apply.
Then I closed the browser and opened it again and went to tools/internet options/ connections
and disabled LAN, removed the check mark in Lan settings.
It worked! If you try this remember what you checked and unchecked in case you have to back track.
I also went to control panel, administrative tools, services. I toggled DHCP, that is, stopped it and restarted it.
Hope this works for you. Ann
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by A.L. - 3/20/07 4:44 PM In reply to: I solved this problem by by A.L.
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