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    Problems with vista and the internet

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by tphilly1984, Nov 23, 2007.

  1. tphilly1984

    tphilly1984 Notebook Evangelist

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    Ok so when I have been inactive for a while the net just seems to lose connectivity. This is regardless as to whether I have got the cable in or if it is over the wireless. The problem I have is that the network just doesnt seem to respond. This happens both in Firefox and IE. I don't think it is a problem with the router as my girlfriends laptop works just fine and mine works fine again after I have restarted it. Have tried clearing the cache etc and disconnecting then reconnecting.
    P.s. Running Vista Ultimate.
     
    tphilly1984, Nov 23, 2007
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    blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Welcome to MEII (aka Vista)
     
    blue68f100, Nov 23, 2007
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    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    Vista works fine. Not ME at all.

    I suspect that your issue is related to your power options and how the network cards respond to being turned off and then told to wake back up.
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Nov 23, 2007
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    tphilly1984 Notebook Evangelist

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    ah right so I can turn the power up and stop it from going to sleep just like in XP
     
    tphilly1984, Nov 24, 2007
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    Some notebooks had some issues with XP and Vista and going into and out of hibernation. There's been some BIOS upgrades and some XP and Vista patches that addressed this. Don't know for certain that is your issue, nor if it has been corrected on your particular hardware, but this is still my hunch as what the issue might really be.
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Nov 24, 2007
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