Vista wireless connection problem
Flufan
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Got a freshly-rebuilt friend's Vista laptop with wireless problems. It connects to her router okay, but can't get out on to the Internet. A wired network connection works fine.
It's up to date with Windows updates, malware-free, I've tried it with the firewall off and with AV (Avast) disabled, rebooted plenty, reinstalled the wireless driver & software. Cleared out temporary files and temporary Internet files, and checked the hosts file.
Funny thing is that while it has the same behaviour at my house - won't conenct beyond my router - when I try it on our work's wifi access point, it works fine.
Something I've noticed is that in the registry, at HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList\Profiles, it leaves a key for the work WAP but the two home ones don't get an entry. Don't know if this matters, or how to fix if it does - she's clearly got rights to write to that part of the registry as the work SSID appears there.
It could be something to do with the TYPE of wireless network - Public, Private, Work, Home - but I can't figure out what.
Has anyone met this kind of thing before?
I'm thinking of wiping it and reinstalling it but with Windows 7 (have to use Vista drivers as HP haven't produced Win7 ones). Is it possible that that will improve things?
Thanks for all thoughts.
It's up to date with Windows updates, malware-free, I've tried it with the firewall off and with AV (Avast) disabled, rebooted plenty, reinstalled the wireless driver & software. Cleared out temporary files and temporary Internet files, and checked the hosts file.
Funny thing is that while it has the same behaviour at my house - won't conenct beyond my router - when I try it on our work's wifi access point, it works fine.
Something I've noticed is that in the registry, at HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList\Profiles, it leaves a key for the work WAP but the two home ones don't get an entry. Don't know if this matters, or how to fix if it does - she's clearly got rights to write to that part of the registry as the work SSID appears there.
It could be something to do with the TYPE of wireless network - Public, Private, Work, Home - but I can't figure out what.
Has anyone met this kind of thing before?
I'm thinking of wiping it and reinstalling it but with Windows 7 (have to use Vista drivers as HP haven't produced Win7 ones). Is it possible that that will improve things?
Thanks for all thoughts.
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and here we go again. What you mean is *sits back and hopes I've started flame wars again*
To the OP, when you say it connects to the router fine over wireless can you login to the router from the wireless PC?
Actually no. I was just stating my opinion. I didn't want the flame wars to start again. *leaves thread*
Good point: Vista informs me it's connected but I've just tried http-ing to the router and it can't see it. It won't even reply to pings. (Plug in the cable and it picks it up straight away.)
So that means Vista was the problem then!
Or poor drivers from HP perhaps? Your constant anti-Vista or anti-MS drivel is getting boring now.
Could have been that too, but I prefer to blame Vista first It strangely worked ok with W7 though so was it Vista or the drivers?