"Pete d'Oronzio [pdmagic]" <myfirstname@pdmagic.com> wrote in message
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> Vista appears to be having a problem with my network. Some websites
> show up without properly loading stylesheets and/or images. It
> appears that perhaps it occurs when the resource is on a different
> server from the main page.
>
> The most obvious web page with this problem is microsoft.com!
> http://www.microsoft.com/en/us/default.aspx
>
> Another page that often fails: http://nytimes.com
>
> Here's what it looks like in IE 7 and in Safari on Vista:
> http://research.pdmagic.com/test/vis...rosoft_com.pdf
>
>
> Here you can see that .js and .css are loaded from different machine
> names:
> <script type="text/javascript"
> src="http://i3.microsoft.com/shared/core/1/js/library.js">
>
> @import url('http://i2.microsoft.com/shared/core/1/css/core.css');
>
> The problem is specific to Vista, and appears to be specific to my
> network. Here are the facts:
>
> 1. I installed Vista 32 Ultimate on my Laptop in January and
> experienced the problem, so uninstalled.
> 2. Recently installed Vista 64 Ultimate on my desktop and have the
> same problem.
> 3. Recently installed Vista 32 Ultimate on my laptop (again) - same
> problem.
> 4. There are about 6 computers in the office running XP, 2K, 2003
> that do not have this problem. (running a variety of browsers
> including IE7)
> 5. I put a VMWare virtual machine on the Vista 64 desktop - XP pro in
> the VM. It doesn't have the problem.
> 6. I put the same VMWare XP Pro virtual machine on the laptop running
> Vista 32. Also doesn't have the problem.
> 7. Went to a different network and problem goes away completely.
> 8. Problem occurs on my network using wireless OR wired NIC's.
> 9. Other computers that work in the office are connected to same
> switch as the two that don't work.
> 10. The problem in intermittent. It works 10% of the time, fails 90%
> of the time.
>
> My network configuration is:
> DSL from Qwest
> Cisco 678 DSL Modem/Router
> GnatBox firewall software running on computer with Intel GB NIC's
> Netgear GB switch
>
> I'd like to install Vista on other systems in the office, but can't
> afford to have them fail on common web sites.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Pete
>
>
Frankly after all those attempts to install I would format and start a clean
install on all of them..
--
Ian
With patience there is always a way.
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