Comments on: Windows Vista SP1 Causing Internet Connection Problems

By: Jerry W

Jerry W — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:19:27 +0000

Had to uninstall MacFee software that came pre-installed on laptop. It worked much better after that, but now I need to find AV software that works well on Vista SP1. I’m hesitant to upgrade to SP2. Any thoughts about AV software and installing SP2? Thanks

By: tim C.

tim C. — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:26:41 +0000

I have new out of the box Inspiron 1525, wireless web page download was useless. Tried option 1 which increased performance dramatically but still not acceptable enough for a new system. Will probably return system. Spent 1.5 hours trying to speak with technician tonight. Gave up after 90 minutes of wait time.

By: kendra

kendra — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:51:27 +0000

ola tengo un problema con mi computadora tengo una hp pavillion de escritorio serie a6637c-b que no detecta la senal de internet alguien me podria ayudar por favor

By: grepa

grepa — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:00:41 +0000

I have a new Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop running Vista Home Premium SP1, and out of the box it had difficulty connection to the internet through my wireless home network, even thoough the wireless card showed a strong connection to the router and a strong signal.

Most of the time, it would take forever for the internet connection to be established, and most of the time I had to manually press the “diagnose the internet connection” button over and over to get it to connect a bit faster.

I disabled IPv6 per the instructions in Option 1. My internet connection is now instant upon bootup, just like my Windowes XPS computers are! This solution works, and every Dell technician and Microsoft technician should review this and try this solution with their clients!

Thank you much for this idea. It needs to be shared very widely.

By: kuni

kuni — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:37:04 +0000

Ya Jimmyz it might be just dell systems for this paticular problem. Mine is a dell vostro 1400 and it has the exact same problem, the globe thing shows in the network icon that I have a connection to the internet but I still couldnt connect.

By: merlin

merlin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:29:10 +0000

I’m going bonkers with this failing internet connection. Strange thing is… i do not remember these problems occurring the moment i started using Vista. Got my Vista system last december, in my memory, problems started only in may .
Nevertheless… i will try and see what happens. If this fails too, as a last resort, i will re-install Vista.

By: Paulo Ventura

Paulo Ventura — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:22:23 +0000

Cara, foi de +…
Não estava mais aguentando o tal “somente local”!

Muito obrigado e até breve.

By: JimmyZ

JimmyZ — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:01:45 +0000

Thanks for this. I have a DELL XPS 410 and had the same problems after upgrading to VISTA SP1 so I tried your solution and it works! I have had to do so many system restores and reinstalls with Vista I thought the system had corrupted itself, but it turns out to be a bug. Is it isolated to just DELL systems?

By: Marina Meirelles

Marina Meirelles — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:01:32 +0000

Fiz isso e nao adiantou…