Vista - Can connect to router but not to internet?

I recently tested Vista on my PC. My parents really liked it and asked me to
upgrade their PC to vista as well. I did so and everything went ok, except
for one thing: the wireless connection.

My PC connects directly to the router via ethernet, but my parent's PC
connects VIA wireless USB adapter. Everything is set correctly, but for some
reason it connects only to the router but not the internet. In the network
center, it shows a valid errorless connection from their PC to the router,
but an error from the router to the internet. Yesterday, I was able to
somehow connect for 10 minutes, and had the internet working, but then it
disconnected again. I have been tinkering with the settings for over 3 days
and don't know what to do anymore.

Does anybody have any clue how this issue can be resolved?

Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
John

Hi,
I had the same problem when trying to connect wirelessly to my network
through my router. After searching around I found that you need to go -
Tools, internet options, in the drop down box that comes up, click on"
Internet" in the window box and UNCHECK the box in the lower left corner that
says ENABLE PROTECTED MODE. Click apply and close out of the open boxes.
Doulble click Internet Explorer icon to load up and you should be okay, You
will have to click on the HOME button every time you load up I.E. as it
prompts you to do this if you want to connect to the internet. Worked for me
after trying everything else. Don't know if this is a glitch in the OS or a
security feature. Hope they disable this check box by default in later builds
or Microsoft will be swamped with calls with people trying to connect to the
internet. LOL.
k600r

"John" wrote:

> I recently tested Vista on my PC. My parents really liked it and asked me to
> upgrade their PC to vista as well. I did so and everything went ok, except
> for one thing: the wireless connection.
>
> My PC connects directly to the router via ethernet, but my parent's PC
> connects VIA wireless USB adapter. Everything is set correctly, but for some
> reason it connects only to the router but not the internet. In the network
> center, it shows a valid errorless connection from their PC to the router,
> but an error from the router to the internet. Yesterday, I was able to
> somehow connect for 10 minutes, and had the internet working, but then it
> disconnected again. I have been tinkering with the settings for over 3 days
> and don't know what to do anymore.
>
> Does anybody have any clue how this issue can be resolved?
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
> Thanks,
> John

Hi again,
An addition to my earlier post. In the internet drop down box, also uncheck
the Enable protected mode checkbox under Intranet and trusted sites. I also
added my home page to the trusted sites list just for good measure.
k600r

"John" wrote:

> I recently tested Vista on my PC. My parents really liked it and asked me to
> upgrade their PC to vista as well. I did so and everything went ok, except
> for one thing: the wireless connection.
>
> My PC connects directly to the router via ethernet, but my parent's PC
> connects VIA wireless USB adapter. Everything is set correctly, but for some
> reason it connects only to the router but not the internet. In the network
> center, it shows a valid errorless connection from their PC to the router,
> but an error from the router to the internet. Yesterday, I was able to
> somehow connect for 10 minutes, and had the internet working, but then it
> disconnected again. I have been tinkering with the settings for over 3 days
> and don't know what to do anymore.
>
> Does anybody have any clue how this issue can be resolved?
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
> Thanks,
> John

Thanks for your help, but my problem is just one step back :P

You can get a better idea of my problem here:
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/5527/problem3en.jpg

Thanks,
John

"k600r" wrote:

> Hi again,
> An addition to my earlier post. In the internet drop down box, also uncheck
> the Enable protected mode checkbox under Intranet and trusted sites. I also
> added my home page to the trusted sites list just for good measure.
> k600r
>
> "John" wrote:
>
> > I recently tested Vista on my PC. My parents really liked it and asked me to
> > upgrade their PC to vista as well. I did so and everything went ok, except
> > for one thing: the wireless connection.
> >
> > My PC connects directly to the router via ethernet, but my parent's PC
> > connects VIA wireless USB adapter. Everything is set correctly, but for some
> > reason it connects only to the router but not the internet. In the network
> > center, it shows a valid errorless connection from their PC to the router,
> > but an error from the router to the internet. Yesterday, I was able to
> > somehow connect for 10 minutes, and had the internet working, but then it
> > disconnected again. I have been tinkering with the settings for over 3 days
> > and don't know what to do anymore.
> >
> > Does anybody have any clue how this issue can be resolved?
> >
> > Any help is greatly appreciated.
> > Thanks,
> > John

Thank you for your help, but my problem is just one step back :P

You can get a better idea of what the problem is from this picture:
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/5527/problem3en.jpg

Thanks,
John

"k600r" wrote:

> Hi again,
> An addition to my earlier post. In the internet drop down box, also uncheck
> the Enable protected mode checkbox under Intranet and trusted sites. I also
> added my home page to the trusted sites list just for good measure.
> k600r
>
> "John" wrote:
>
> > I recently tested Vista on my PC. My parents really liked it and asked me to
> > upgrade their PC to vista as well. I did so and everything went ok, except
> > for one thing: the wireless connection.
> >
> > My PC connects directly to the router via ethernet, but my parent's PC
> > connects VIA wireless USB adapter. Everything is set correctly, but for some
> > reason it connects only to the router but not the internet. In the network
> > center, it shows a valid errorless connection from their PC to the router,
> > but an error from the router to the internet. Yesterday, I was able to
> > somehow connect for 10 minutes, and had the internet working, but then it
> > disconnected again. I have been tinkering with the settings for over 3 days
> > and don't know what to do anymore.
> >
> > Does anybody have any clue how this issue can be resolved?
> >
> > Any help is greatly appreciated.
> > Thanks,
> > John

"John" - why on earth would you install a "Beta" OS on your parents
computer?

"John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6DBDBE3C-8332-473B-B536-5134C0913547@microsoft.com...
>I recently tested Vista on my PC. My parents really liked it and asked me
>to
> upgrade their PC to vista as well. I did so and everything went ok, except
> for one thing: the wireless connection.
>
> My PC connects directly to the router via ethernet, but my parent's PC
> connects VIA wireless USB adapter. Everything is set correctly, but for
> some
> reason it connects only to the router but not the internet. In the network
> center, it shows a valid errorless connection from their PC to the router,
> but an error from the router to the internet. Yesterday, I was able to
> somehow connect for 10 minutes, and had the internet working, but then it
> disconnected again. I have been tinkering with the settings for over 3
> days
> and don't know what to do anymore.
>
> Does anybody have any clue how this issue can be resolved?
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
> Thanks,
> John

Because they saw me test it on mine and asked me to install it on theirs
because they liked it a lot

"AJR" wrote:

> "John" - why on earth would you install a "Beta" OS on your parents
> computer?
>
> "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6DBDBE3C-8332-473B-B536-5134C0913547@microsoft.com...
> >I recently tested Vista on my PC. My parents really liked it and asked me
> >to
> > upgrade their PC to vista as well. I did so and everything went ok, except
> > for one thing: the wireless connection.
> >
> > My PC connects directly to the router via ethernet, but my parent's PC
> > connects VIA wireless USB adapter. Everything is set correctly, but for
> > some
> > reason it connects only to the router but not the internet. In the network
> > center, it shows a valid errorless connection from their PC to the router,
> > but an error from the router to the internet. Yesterday, I was able to
> > somehow connect for 10 minutes, and had the internet working, but then it
> > disconnected again. I have been tinkering with the settings for over 3
> > days
> > and don't know what to do anymore.
> >
> > Does anybody have any clue how this issue can be resolved?
> >
> > Any help is greatly appreciated.
> > Thanks,
> > John
>
>
>

Hi,
I can see what you are dealing with here. Did you try what I suggested? My
screens looked exactly like yours before I connected and unchecking those
boxes I told you about in an earlier post did the trick. Nothing to lose by
trying.
k600r

"John" wrote:

> Thanks for your help, but my problem is just one step back :P
>
> You can get a better idea of my problem here:
> http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/5527/problem3en.jpg
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
> "k600r" wrote:
>
> > Hi again,
> > An addition to my earlier post. In the internet drop down box, also uncheck
> > the Enable protected mode checkbox under Intranet and trusted sites. I also
> > added my home page to the trusted sites list just for good measure.
> > k600r
> >
> > "John" wrote:
> >
> > > I recently tested Vista on my PC. My parents really liked it and asked me to
> > > upgrade their PC to vista as well. I did so and everything went ok, except
> > > for one thing: the wireless connection.
> > >
> > > My PC connects directly to the router via ethernet, but my parent's PC
> > > connects VIA wireless USB adapter. Everything is set correctly, but for some
> > > reason it connects only to the router but not the internet. In the network
> > > center, it shows a valid errorless connection from their PC to the router,
> > > but an error from the router to the internet. Yesterday, I was able to
> > > somehow connect for 10 minutes, and had the internet working, but then it
> > > disconnected again. I have been tinkering with the settings for over 3 days
> > > and don't know what to do anymore.
> > >
> > > Does anybody have any clue how this issue can be resolved?
> > >
> > > Any help is greatly appreciated.
> > > Thanks,
> > > John

Its in Beta which ,means under no circumstances install it on a working PC
that you rely on ( or your parents) didn't you read the warnings?? In other
words its not fit for general release & MS are asking users to do the
testing for them !!



"John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0CB71611-0AFE-444E-95D3-32E51DD243DD@microsoft.com...
> Because they saw me test it on mine and asked me to install it on theirs
> because they liked it a lot
>
> "AJR" wrote:
>
>> "John" - why on earth would you install a "Beta" OS on your parents
>> computer?
>>
>> "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6DBDBE3C-8332-473B-B536-5134C0913547@microsoft.com...
>> >I recently tested Vista on my PC. My parents really liked it and asked
>> >me
>> >to
>> > upgrade their PC to vista as well. I did so and everything went ok,
>> > except
>> > for one thing: the wireless connection.
>> >
>> > My PC connects directly to the router via ethernet, but my parent's PC
>> > connects VIA wireless USB adapter. Everything is set correctly, but for
>> > some
>> > reason it connects only to the router but not the internet. In the
>> > network
>> > center, it shows a valid errorless connection from their PC to the
>> > router,
>> > but an error from the router to the internet. Yesterday, I was able to
>> > somehow connect for 10 minutes, and had the internet working, but then
>> > it
>> > disconnected again. I have been tinkering with the settings for over 3
>> > days
>> > and don't know what to do anymore.
>> >
>> > Does anybody have any clue how this issue can be resolved?
>> >
>> > Any help is greatly appreciated.
>> > Thanks,
>> > John
>>
>>
>>

so have we come to an explanation on this one?? mine is doing the same
thing. when i was at work logged onto their network it worked fine but now
I'm at home and i can't seem to get it to work again.

"k600r" wrote:

> Hi,
> I can see what you are dealing with here. Did you try what I suggested? My
> screens looked exactly like yours before I connected and unchecking those
> boxes I told you about in an earlier post did the trick. Nothing to lose by
> trying.
> k600r
>
> "John" wrote:
>
> > Thanks for your help, but my problem is just one step back :P
> >
> > You can get a better idea of my problem here:
> > http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/5527/problem3en.jpg
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John
> >
> > "k600r" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi again,
> > > An addition to my earlier post. In the internet drop down box, also uncheck
> > > the Enable protected mode checkbox under Intranet and trusted sites. I also
> > > added my home page to the trusted sites list just for good measure.
> > > k600r
> > >
> > > "John" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I recently tested Vista on my PC. My parents really liked it and asked me to
> > > > upgrade their PC to vista as well. I did so and everything went ok, except
> > > > for one thing: the wireless connection.
> > > >
> > > > My PC connects directly to the router via ethernet, but my parent's PC
> > > > connects VIA wireless USB adapter. Everything is set correctly, but for some
> > > > reason it connects only to the router but not the internet. In the network
> > > > center, it shows a valid errorless connection from their PC to the router,
> > > > but an error from the router to the internet. Yesterday, I was able to
> > > > somehow connect for 10 minutes, and had the internet working, but then it
> > > > disconnected again. I have been tinkering with the settings for over 3 days
> > > > and don't know what to do anymore.
> > > >
> > > > Does anybody have any clue how this issue can be resolved?
> > > >
> > > > Any help is greatly appreciated.
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > John