Vista - Connected but with LIMITED connection..??

OK... Can anyone please help me. I have a new HP with Vista.. internet used to work fine when was a Wired connection. I recently moved to a condo. I have the internet downstairs. I'm using a Netgear Wireless Router and my HP is upstairs. so I went and got a Wirless card and set it up and everything worked.. I got the internet and it worked fine. After Automatic updates (Cuz comp was off for about a month) It updated and restarted. after the restart it prompted another restart.. witch was odd but i did it. after the Restart my computer crashed.. windows Fixed itself on it's own and was back up in no time.. NOW my internet DOESN'T work.. I can connect to the internet with my wireless card. the card and router work Fine. my card finds 6 networks in my area. I can see mine and I connect to my Secured Connection and it identifies and Connects. It's says I'm connected but with Limited access.. No matter what I do It has Limited Connection. I've tried everything I kno of. I even went through 2 hours of a painful waste of time with Netgear's Tech support. Here is what confuses me. I can connect to the internet. I can use it also. I can use MY internet with my wireless card and connect and play my online games using STEAM. I CAN connect and Download on LimeWire, I CAN connect and use ITunes.. but thats IT. I cannot browse the Net. Internet Explorer and Firefox both do not work. My computer continues to say LIMITED connectivity. everything works but I cannot use the internet.. Why is it Limited and why can I do everything but browse??? If anyone can please help me let me kno. Should I put the Vista Disk that came with my system in and do a Windows Repair.?? the person from Netgear said it's something wrong with IE or my computer cuz in her tests in MS-Dos i could connect to yahoo.com and get replies.. I'm LOST and completely STUCK.. please help!!!

Try opening a command prompt (Start ---> Run--> CMD) and type the following:

Reset your computer, let me know if it has solved your problem.

NOTE: Please, in the future, use some sort of line breaks or paragraphing. Formatting posts like you did makes it incredibly difficult to read.

Thx for the Idea.. Sorry about typing so much all in one.

I tried ur suggestion of netsh winsock reset
I also tried netsh int ip reset reset.txt
also tried netsh firewall reset

I got those last 2 idea's from another forum and it also suggested ur idea. I tried yours first.. it didn't work. then tried the other ones. then them all at once. Nothing worked.. I still show LIMITED connectivity.

I can still connect to Limewire, Steam, And ITunes and do stuff but no internet browsing and still seein the devil sign thats LIMITED... lol any other suggestions from anyone I am completely OPEN to idea's. thx anyways Richard. I appreciate it. let me kno if you have other Idea's..

/Cory

You see a devil sign that says you're limited?? To my knowledge that's not something you'd see in windows... A white x in a red circle, maybe...

So at this point I;m thinking it's a 3rd party something: What are you using for Firewall??

lol... well... the Entire Devil thing.. that was me beein sarcastic and Negative about the fact that no matter what I do I still have ONLY limited connectivity. when I said I'm still seeing the devil saying limited i was joking about the fact it's driving me nuts..

thx for ur thought but there's no devil. my internet just shows Limited connectivity and no matter what i do it stays that way. I can do everything but browse the net... anyways have any suggestions please let me kno cuz I'm stuck..

Have you tried to update the routers firmware? Updated your drivers for the particular network chip on the motherboard? Got the latest mboard bios?

Hey Chris, after doing a little e-reading it seems as though the problem lies within the router. I cannot access the router in anyway shape or form. Also, the 360 uses it's own MAC address and the PC does to, you probably know this. I think there is confusion after I did the repair/install of Vista. I don't know if a clean install will fix this. Aren't MAC's burned into ROM? Check this article I found Xbox 360: You cannot connect an Xbox 360 console to more than one Media Center PC
thanks again....I am going to hold off on the clean install right now...
John

Jnaarnold.. this is my post.. you ask someone thats trying to help me ur own question.. I was exited cuz i thought i got that many replies.. please make ur own post somewhere..

and to Chris. I've tried completely reinstalling the driver for the Wireless PCI card. I guess I could reinstall the Router also. Haven't tried that. what do you mean update something on my Mboard. I kno a decent ammount but not Tons. so i might need a lil more info on the motherboard area if you don't mind... thx again. I appreciate it...!

Yer, sorry for that. Get a little carried away sometime, LOL.
Firstly I need to find out what antivirus software you are using. See, Kaspersky has a tendency to mess with the internet secure settings which causes this type of behaviour.
Secondly, tell me the exact model of the netgear router so we can find the most up to date firmware.
Thirdly, what the exact model of the wireless card? See if you have the most up to date drivers from their website.

Another thing which you may want to try first...Ive just found this soz..

Troubleshooting limited or no connectivity

Let me know if anything works and its best to give a full breakdown of all the hardware you have on your pc.

This site is a mineful of information:

Networking, VPN, TS, Remote Access and Internet Troubleshooting

Woa gunther, it was a simple mistake....I won't be tipping your scales any time soon....