Windows Vista can’t connect to Internet but XP can!
Well, one of my post has been used as a resource to fix up the internet problems and not only that post has been of help to others but it has also helped me in quite a few ways. Recently, there was one of the reader who were facing a problem in which all the other computers in her home were working fine except the one which had windows vista on it.
Well, no logic of mine could help her out and so she decided to contact the support and found out that a firmware update of the wireless router did the trick and the connection started working for her on that Vista computer too.
There is a knowledge base article for this too, where Microsoft has given solution to a problem where Windows Vista can not connect to certain routers.
So, what I wanted to say in this post was that I see many people blaming Windows Vista for not connecting to the internet and so thought that this quick little update may help most of you.
Here’s what you can do :
1. Make the registry changes as mentioned in that knowledge base article (link given above).
2. Ensure that your router’s firmware is up to date.
Well, there are lot of things which you can try when the internet connection isn’t working and I’m sure this old post of mine will be able to give you few steps before you start saying negatives about Windows :)
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apexad
February 19th, 2008 at 1:24 am #
This kind of makes you wonder what odd things Vista is doing when connecting to the internet.
Muscle Builder
March 22nd, 2008 at 1:46 am #
A friend of mine upgraded from XP to Vista and he couldn’t connect at all. I think I will tell him why.
Dennis
September 9th, 2008 at 3:14 pm #
I am having problems with Vista, all other computers can connect except Vista.
It keeps on saying connection to Proxy refused.
labcoat
March 10th, 2009 at 4:46 am #
I updated my routers firmware but I could not find the find the folder in the regedit. I can get to here HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesTcpipParametersInterfaces but there is no {GUID} I have tried everything else its downgrade to XP or make my laptop a bonfire. any help please
billy
March 19th, 2009 at 11:22 pm #
hi labcoat i am having the same problem i can find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesTcpipParametersInterfaces but not {guid} on my laptop , i have upgraded from xp but vista cannot find any internet connections ,i have a wierd router ,with xp this would not have been a problem
Labcoat
March 20th, 2009 at 3:06 am #
I have been througth all of the above sugestions and read your artical. I said in my post I have updated my router firm were. I tryed to make the regestry entry, but there was no {GUID} sub key. My genral dislike for vista stemes from all of the other isues im having with software compatability. Any new ideas are welcome.
for the record i dont hate windows just vista
jake
April 28th, 2009 at 9:34 am #
my laptop uses vista and can connect to internet both cable and wireless, yesterday only the wireless can connect. my cable connection won't work.
what seems to be the problem?
Rob in Madrid
May 5th, 2009 at 10:51 am #
Same here, actually the answer is really simple, don't buy Vista. I'm sorry but most people are not techincal enough to make those kind of changes and why should they. You plug you old XP machine into you router via a LAN cable and volla it works, do the same with Vista and volla nothing.
Correction, Vista works half the time, goes for a while than cuts out, usually rebooting does the trick.
I stuck using the old machine till I can find someone with enough techical experience to correct a problem that should have never been a problem. How many people are in the same boat
BTW I do like the Vista interface and if I can fix the network problem I'd be happy to ditch the old machine…
Sandino Romero
May 12th, 2009 at 9:58 pm #
I have had this problem for weeks on my new Vista64 laptop. I've searched everywhere for a solution, I've gone through the registry tweaking part and disabling of ipv6 etc whatever I've tried everything. Sometimes the solutions I've tried seem to work, but it turns out it's all just random.
I have however found a way to make it work for me, and I have not seen this solution anywhere else on the net. On Vista while you can't connect online (when pinging router gives Error 1231), open your Services menu and keep restarting the "WLAN Autoconfig" service over and over until it works. If your wired connection doesn't work, try restarting the "Wired Autoconfig" service.
I was just so happy to have found a solution to my problem; I hope it works for you too. :) If it works post it here so I know if it actually solves the Vista internet problem! :)