Vista PC can't get to the internet wirelessly through a router on a windows 7 pc.
I can't get a Vista PC on the internet throught the router that I use for my home network. Mt eeePC running XP CAN get on the internet and use file sharing without having to be on the windows 7 "homegroup", but the Vista PC is able to log on to the router with it's security wep password, what is blocking it? Can Vista use the Windows 7 homegroup, somehow?
August 3rd, 2009 4:56pm

Hi, Thank you for posting. Just as you mentioned that Windows Vista cannot access Internet via the router, I suspect this issue is related to the Windows Vista computer and the router. At this time, please try the following: 1. Update the NIC driver and router firmware on the Windows Vista computer. 2. Assign a static IP Address to the Windows Vista computer: 1) Click "Start", input "NCPA.CPL" (without quotation marks) and press Enter. 2) Right click on the connection that you use for the local connection, and then click "Properties". 3) Click to select "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)", and then click "Properties". 4) Please manually assign the IP address, subnet mask, default gateway and the DNS settings referring to the settings of the router or the good computer. 3. Please boot the Windows Vista to a Clean Boot environment to check if it can access Internet: Clean boot ================= 1) Click the Start Button type "msconfig" (without quotation marks) in the Search box, and then press Enter. Note: If prompted, please click Continue on the User Account Control (UAC) window. 2) Click the "Services" tab, check the "Hide All Microsoft Services" box and click "Disable All" (if it is not gray). 3) Click the "Startup" tab, click "Disable All" and click "OK". Then, restart the computer. When the "System Configuration Utility" window appears, please check the "Don't show this message or launch the System Configuration Utility when Windows starts" box and click OK. NOTE: we can go back to normal boot by running msconfig again and checking on Normal Startup in the General tab. In the Clean Boot Environment, the third party services and applications are disabled, please check if the issue reoccurs at this time. If the problem does not occur, it indicates that the problem is related to one application or service we have disabled. You may use the MSCONFIG tool again to re-enable the disabled item one by one to find out the culprit. Regarding another question about whether Windows Vista can use Windows 7 HomeGroup, based on my knowledge, the answer is negative. For more information about Windows 7 HomeGroup, I would like to share the following with you: Windows 7 features HomeGroup At Home with HomeGroup in Windows 7 Thanks.Nicholas Li - MSFT
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August 5th, 2009 2:18pm

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