I have been running vista for about 6 months no big problems today when i connect to my wireless network the icon keeps a red x butr i am connected it says dependancy service or group failed to start any help????Joshua Randall

Hi Joshua, Thank you for posting. Please let me know if the wireless network icon comes with Windows Vista or the Wireless NICs utility. May I know which service failed to start? To make the issue clear, please help us capture some screenshots on "the wireless network icon which has a red X", "Control Panel\Network Connections and "the failed service: Capture a screenshot ============== 1) Press the Print Screen key (PrtScn) on your keyboard. 2) Click the "Start" menu, type "mspaint" in the Search Bar and Press Enter. 3) In the Paint program, click the "Edit" menu, click "Paste", click the "File" menu, and click "Save". 4) The "Save As" dialogue box will appear. Type a file name in the "File name:" box, for example: "screenshot". 5) Make sure "JPEG (*.JPG;*.JPEG;*.JPE;*.JFIF)" is selected in the "Save as type" box, click Desktop on the left pane and then click "Save". Please use Windows Live SkyDrive (http://www.skydrive.live.com/) to upload the files and share their URLs with me. Thank you for your efforts. Nicholas Li - MSFT

sorry its been se long i recieved a tip from another forum user it sounds like the same problem ill try it out and repost if it works Louis Vella - Posted on Friday, December 26, 2008 9:12:23 AM I also had the same issue and the above solution did not work. Myissue was caused by corruption in the TCP/IP StackTo fix, you will need torun a command prompt as administrator Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt (Right-Click and Run as Administrator) At the command Prompt type : netsh winsock reset Ignore all errors, restart and voila' Proposed as answer by jung_guy 15 hours 17 minutes ago Reply Joshua Randall