jay

I have gone both ways on the power off, doing a restart and then doing a
complete shut down, with no luck. Thanks for the repair option but if memory
servs me correctly the option was grayed out. Sorry for the multiple posts,
but was receiving an error message and did not think the posting was goign
through.

"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:

> It may be something that is totally off-base, but when you switch from one
> O/S to the other are you turning the machine completely off (power-off) or
> are you re-starting? Also, when in XP, if you attempt a "Repair" of your
> network connection, what happens?
>
>
> "jay" <jaydl2@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:2524896E-7939-4DEF-9295-317F00384D5D@microsoft.com...
> I recently installed Vista build #5384. It was placed onto my system to be
> a
> 2nd boot option. I am running XP on the C drive and Vista on a seperate
> partition. Where as some people have been having the problems with Vista
> not
> connecting to the net but XP working fine. My problem is just the opposite.
> I am running cable modem and a router on my system, both Linksys devices.
> When I boot into XP I have no connectivity to the router or modem when I
> undo
> the router. However when boot into Vista the connectivity returns and I
> have no problems getting out. I have been through Vista quite a bit trying
> to see if there is a setting that might be blocking XP from the connection
> but to no avail. Is there something I am missing that is not allowing both
> of these O/S's to connect as normal?
>