Comments on: Windows Vista and Wifi Problems

By: samantha

samantha — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:18:05 +0000

i went to mcdonalds to get free wifi and it comes up but won’t work plz help

By: waptek

waptek — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:21:53 +0000

Its me again waptek from Dec19,2008
i just tried to fix a customers computer by;

restart router
= nogo

regedit
DhcpConnDisableBcastFlagToggle = 1
DhcpConnForceBroadcastFlag = 0

Power Options,WirelessAdapterSettings,Power Saving Mode,
MaximumPerformance

TCPv6
=dissabeld

[start] [programs] [accesories] right click [cmd] “run as administrator”
ipconfig /flushdns
netsh winsock reset catalog
netsh int ipv4 reset reset.log
netsh int ipv6 reset reset.log
restart
= local only
================================================
am I missing something now what should i try

cmd = netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=941649
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=932063
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=938979

shoot bill gates! :-)

By: kaushik

kaushik — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 07:37:15 +0000

sir
i have sony vaio with vista operating system, the porblem is that when my laptop is turn on the WLAN light is enable, but after desktop setting is complete the light is going off, and the wifi connection is diasabel ( error code 22). after enable the devise again the computer off then on the same problem is remain same.

please suggert me

kaushik

By: Borge

Borge — Fri, 15 May 2009 23:56:06 +0000

I have the same problem, try this guide and tool, it might help.
http://borgetech.blogspot.com/2009/05/windows-vista-wifi-connection-problems.html

By: Andy Swarbrick

Andy Swarbrick — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:43:47 +0000

What worked for me was to create a wireless profile for my router. This was created by going to “Control Panel\Network and Sharing Center” and then clicking on Manage Wireless Connections and clicking the Add button and then creating a profile suitable for my router.

By: Ronya

Ronya — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:04:24 +0000

I agree VISTA is without a doubt the problem. I have an XP laptop works fine, had an old XP desktop and it worked fine, I have a wifi radio that works fine, I have wifi on my mobile phone and it also works fine. I was even so foolish as to get a new wifi router but still the vista keeps dropping the connection.

I’m working on transfering to open source software because I do not have the time to continually deal with microsoft errors and watch as they ignore the problem.

By: DarKnight

DarKnight — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:19:16 +0000

Vista is just crap all round, my wifi always cuts out when using vista, but I’ve been using ubuntu for ages and not had a single problem with the wifi on my laptop.

By: Quicksilvr44

Quicksilvr44 — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 06:10:02 +0000

The issue is with VISTA. This is established, looking at some of the post, some are of differing origin, but if you have a laptop that has internet at one time and then loses the connection and can’t find a wireless network, then here is what you need to do.
Microsoft hasn’t made a patch for said issue and even sending it in to them the charge will be around $115.00 and there won’t be a resolution and they will promptly refund your money. You need to go hard on the maker of the system (i.e. Gateway etc.)
Once you have leaned on them hard enough and jump through the hoops of updating the drivers and re-installing the factory settings and OS then they will set up a repair service and you just pay one way shipping in most cases. With Dell if you have a business contract they will send a tech out to repair it in the next business day.

By: Twine

Twine — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:26:20 +0000

Umm… If vista’s so crappy, why not download Ubuntu? http://www.ubuntu.com/ – It’s quite a good replacement if you ask me, and any problems can *actually* be solved. But if you aren’t the person who will fix problems yourself, don’t download it. It’s not for n00bs.

By: Jeffouille La Fripouille

Jeffouille La Fripouille — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:43:48 +0000

Thank you very much Rob.
Your solution seems to be working.

I’ve had trouble connecting through wi-fi for the last couple of days.
The laptop runing on XP is doing fine.

It all started when windows vista downloaded some updates for internet explorer.
Then more updates followed and wifi started to work again until the last pack of updates and we had to connect through the cable(what the point of having a wireless connection then?)
Disabling IPV6 seems to do the trick for now…