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    Cannot Connect to the Internet

    Greetings,

    I am currently having issues with my installation of my Vista 64 Ultimate. I had no problems for either Vista 32 or my Windows XP Professional. The reason I was installing the 64 bit was to utilize the 4 gb of ram I have installed. This is the system I currently have.

    Asus A8N-SLI Premium Motherboard
    AMD Athlon 64 x2 4800+ (Toledo)
    4 gb ram PC3200 DDR/Dual Channel
    Windows Vista 64

    I get an unidentified network from my PC
    and a red "x" between my unidentified network and internet.

    I am fairly new to this so any help or whatever more information would be needed, I will try to provide.

    Thanks in advance,
    Mark


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    Re: Cannot Connect to the Internet

    How are you connecting to the internet wireless.

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    Re: Cannot Connect to the Internet

    via cable modem, works with my wife's computer, which I am on now, and her laptop

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    Re: Cannot Connect to the Internet

    Have you right clicked on the network icon and clicked diagnose and repair.

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    Re: Cannot Connect to the Internet

    yes, even tried resetting the connection, after trying the cable, resetting the modem and router. Now is says it tried to repair the problem but a problem still exists, says I have local connection to network and no internet connection. I am figuring that it has to be a driver problem, since it works just fine when using the 32 bit Vista or XP Professional. One time it said it was connected to the interent, but would not open a webpage.

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    Re: Cannot Connect to the Internet

    What type of router do you have. Your router could be blocking the MAC address for that computer.

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    Re: Cannot Connect to the Internet

    Linksys...it's worked before, tried to reset it and all and still no change

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    Re: Cannot Connect to the Internet

    Have you plug the cable in and restarted your computer and see if it worked.

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    Re: Cannot Connect to the Internet

    yes, no difference, just getting frustrated with why this isnt working since it was working before. The only difference is Vista 64

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    Re: Cannot Connect to the Internet

    in my device manager it shows 5 items that are missing drivers:

    Multimedia Audio Controller (2)
    RAID Controller
    Unknown Device (2)

    Says my network adapters are working just fine.

    If this will help at all

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