Originally Posted by
Mr. Arnold
"ZImmortal" <ZImmortal.3bcvsj@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message
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> I have Windows Vista on my VAIO laptop. I use a wireless connection at
> my dorm to connect to the internet.
>
> Sadly, suddenly my Internet stopped working. It seems to be connected
> but no page can be loaded. At first when I diagnosed and repaired it
> said that there is no problem, but it still wouldn't load any pages. Now
> when I do a diagnose and repair it says something about the filter query
> policy being changed and to check my firewall setting.
>
> I tried turning off my firewall but it didn't help. What should I do?
> This is very annoying.
>
If the machine has an IP that starts with 169, then the computer has not
gotten an IP from the DHCP server on the LAN or the machine has lost it. The
IP can be zero too, no IP period. Since it's not using a DHCP IP from a
DHCP server on the LAN, then the machine has no connection to the Internet.
However, the 169 IP will allow the machine to access other machines on the
LAN, but it can't go to the Internet.
You can check for the 169 IP by going to the Command Prompt and entering
IPconfig /all. If the 169 is there or it's zero, then you can try IPconfig
/release and IPconfig /renew to see if the machine will get a valid IP from
the DHCP server.
If the it will not release, then you may need to do a TCP/IP Stack reset.
You should do it anyway just on GP.
So, use Google and find out *How to reset TCP/IP on Vista*.
You can also try flushing DNS on Vista too.