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 :)