Vista Tutorial - Cannot browse internet on new Vista laptop!!

I just barely got a new HP Pavilion dv9500 with Vista Home Premium on it.
I have Comcast cable internet with a Linksis wireless G router.
I have 2 other computers in my home with Windows XP, a pc and a toshiba
laptop and have always had good consistent internet through the router with
both of them.
Now with my new vista laptop it shows that I am connected, but I cannot
browse the internet at all. It just sits there and thinks and thinks and
thinks, like its bogged down or something. I tried to download the Yahoo
messenger, and it just sits at 1% and doesnt move. My Outlook (Office 2007)
does not work at all. No sending or recieving at all.
Will someone help me please?? Is Vista the problem?? Is it my Router that
isnt compatible with Vista???
I have tried the repair connection, and it just says it cannot be repaired.
I am really stuck, and really frustrated.

PLEASE HELP, I Love my new machine, and I cant even use it!!!!

Check you network adapter settings and check to see if your home network is set to private.

Are you getting a specific error?

Neither private or unspecified was checked....I checked private, was that
what I was supposed to do???
No, no specific error, just random continuous dropping of the connection,
and web pages never load, just sits and thinks. Once in a while I will get a
"this page cannot be displayed".
I have also been trying to download the Vista version of the yahoo
messenger, NO LUCK, moves really slow for a bit, then fails. I even
disabled my antivirus, still no luck......
Outlook (office 2007) will not work at all, its configured correctly for
pop3, but automatic send/recieve error. The same e-mail account works on my
iPhone, so I know the configuration is correct.
GRRRR, so frustrated.

"Pbb321" wrote:

If you're home or on a network you trust, then private is the setting you want, otherwise use public.

You mentioned your router before, although its highly unlikely, visit your manufacturer's website and see if there is a firmware update for your router. Although I doubt that this is the problem, nothing really supprises me anymore.

Oh, by the way, check to see if your IP address corresponds to your router. (i.e. 192.168.x.x) if its not in this range or similar, then there could be a router problem.

Hope that makes sense, if not, just tell me.

I thought about doing a firmware upgrade, but wouldnt i do that on the main
computer that the router is actually hooked up to?? I did do an upgrade a
couple months ago. You dont do that kind of upgrade on the laptop right?

I went into the command prompt, ip address for router is 192.168.1.XXX. So
I think thats looking ok........
There are so many others with this same problem I am noticing, What is up
with Vista??
"Pbb321" wrote:

You need to check for a firmware upgrade and run it from a wired
machine.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/932134

also, if upgrading the firmware does not resolve the issue, unbind
IPv6 from the NIC on the laptop

http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.c...windows-vista/


On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 23:47:00 -0800, The Violet Storm
<TheVioletStorm@xxxxxx> wrote:
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Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

I just went through two days of the same problem and I was ready to bring my
new PC desktop back to the Office Depot store! But after calling every
manufacturer, from the PC to the wireless router, I went back to the PC
(Gateway) and they figured it out (love that I talk to a person in SD and not
India!). It was McAfee Antivirus software that conflicted somehow with the
browser. If you have it, delete it. Then immediately install a different
one, like Symantec, before doing any browsing, chatting, etc. Also
discovered that Vista doesn't like Firefox, so don't try that browser.

Hope this helps.
--
Cheri


"---Fitz---" wrote:

Thanks for the reply and updates. Just for your info I use McAfee and
Firefox on my system with no problems. Strange but glad you got it worked
out.

"Cheri" <Cheri@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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"The Violet Storm" wrote:

ok, here's the deal... I got my new Vista on Vaio and faced the same problem... thanks to a friend, we could solve it out.

it seems (for some weird reason) that vista acknowledges the same wireless network more than once, and registers it in a numbered manner; like if your wireless network name is wifi, you'll find it registered in the list of wireless networks as wifi1, wifi2, wifi3 ... and so on.
what we had to do at some point is delete all unused wireless networks, and merge all instances of the currently used networks into one; and this (I happily announce) solved it
so, to do so, please go to Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center > at the current wireless network click on Customize > Merge or delete network locations > Continue. the Merger or Delete Network Locations will appear; try to delete all network locations that are not currently used (maybe you should delete all but the one you are currently trying to connect to), if you have more than one instance of the same location you are trying to connect to (e.g wifi, wifi1, wifi2 ...); select them all and click on Merge. Merge Network Locations Window will pop up, select the network location you're going to merge to (Wifi) and then OK > Close > Next > Close
you should be able to browse now.... hope it works