RE: RC 1 cannot get on line

Yeah, I had the same problem with RC1 too. We think it had to do with Router
(Xysel) driver incompatibility. I had a smooth upgrade to Vista from XP Home
but then could not get a web screen or Windows Update even though my RSS
feeds came thru okay and my Win Messenger Live. I disarmed security firewall
etc to no avail. After several days of tinkering reinstalled XP until able to
pinpoint precise problem so I can try again. My provider tech support, whose
router it is, seemed to be in the dark. But I had a "Starbase driver block"
screen each time I rebooted Vista and read somewhere in my manuals that that
is a router drive...so surmise, at least in my case, that's what it is. Once
my DSL provider gets it figured out, I'll try again. Meantime, I'll keeping
watching the MVP comments as to other clues.

"deafbus" wrote:

> I installed Beta-2 and it worked wonderfully. I recieved RC-1, formatted
> Beta-2 off my machine, ASUS A8V Delux, and loaded RC-1. It wouldn't go on
> line. Windows Messenger did work, would open mail, then I could use
> Favorites, a few would work that way. Activation---- cannot find network, DNS
> Error, tried installing all the vista updates via another computer and a CD.
> The 14 days ran out, formated that one and installed Beta-2 and back to
> working fine. Now after that book, what can I do to get RC-1 to work? Mabe
> this will help:
>
> Operating System System Model
> Windows 2000 Professional (build 5384)
> Processor a Main Circuit Board b
> 2.20 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64
> 64 kilobyte primary memory cache
> 512 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A8V
> Deluxe Rev 1.xx
> Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
> BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 1014.008 06/30/2005
> Drives Memory Modules c,d
> 496.59 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
> 454.82 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
>
> ATAPI DVD DUAL 8X4X12 ATA Device [CD-ROM drive]
> 3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]
>
> IC35L090AVV207-0 [Hard drive] (92.64 GB) -- drive 0, s/n VNVC02G3DY5R9T, rev
> V23OA66A, SMART Status: Healthy
> Maxtor 6L200R0 [Hard drive] (203.93 GB) -- drive 1, s/n L59C8PQG, rev
> BAH41G10, SMART Status: Healthy
> ST3200822A ATA Device [Hard drive] (200.05 GB) -- drive 2 2048 Megabytes
> Installed Memory
> c: (NTFS on drive 2) 97.98 GB 85.40 GB free
> d: (NTFS on drive 0) 92.63 GB 79.04 GB free
> e: (NTFS on drive 2) 102.07 GB 99.96 GB free
> f: (NTFS on drive 1) 203.91 GB 190.42 GB free
>
> Network Drives
> None detected
> Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers
> Marks a disabled account; Marks a locked account Canon iP4200 on
> XPSPort:
> Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Driver on Microsoft Document Imaging
> Writer Port:
> Standard floppy disk controller
> ATA Channel 0 [Controller]
> ATA Channel 1 [Controller]
> VIA Bus Master IDE Controller NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700VE (Microsoft
> Corporation - WDDM) [Display adapter]
> Envision EN9600 [Monitor] (19.1"vis, s/n 36058JA006001, August 2005)
> Bus Adapters Multimedia
> Microsoft iSCSI Initiator
> VIA VT8237 RAID Controller
> VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller (4x)
> VIA USB Enhanced Host Controller VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller
> Communications
> isatap.phnx.qwest.net
> Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI Gigabit Ethernet Controller
> primary Auto IP Address: xxxxxxxx
> Gateway: xxxxxxxxx
> Dhcp Server: xxxxxxxxxx
> Physical Address: xxxxxxxxxxx
> Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
> RAS Async Adapter
> Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
>
> Networking Dns Server: 192.168.0.1
> VIA OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
> Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
> Microsoft PS/2 Mouse
> USB Printing Support
> USB Root Hub (5x)
> Generic volume shadow copy (2x)
> Virus Protection [Back to Top]
> avast! antivirus 4.7.892 [VPS 0652-2] Version 4.7.892
> Realtime File Scanning On
>
> Missing Microsoft Security Hotfixes [Back to Top]
> No details available
> Installed Microsoft Hotfixes [Back to Top]
> None detected
>
>
>
>

Thanks, I am not alone in this. Where all the MVP's with the fix. They must
not have an answer considering all the problems on the other Posts. I would
like th use RC-1 before the time runs out. Al.

"Larry Slayback" wrote:

> Yeah, I had the same problem with RC1 too. We think it had to do with Router
> (Xysel) driver incompatibility. I had a smooth upgrade to Vista from XP Home
> but then could not get a web screen or Windows Update even though my RSS
> feeds came thru okay and my Win Messenger Live. I disarmed security firewall
> etc to no avail. After several days of tinkering reinstalled XP until able to
> pinpoint precise problem so I can try again. My provider tech support, whose
> router it is, seemed to be in the dark. But I had a "Starbase driver block"
> screen each time I rebooted Vista and read somewhere in my manuals that that
> is a router drive...so surmise, at least in my case, that's what it is. Once
> my DSL provider gets it figured out, I'll try again. Meantime, I'll keeping
> watching the MVP comments as to other clues.
>
> "deafbus" wrote:
>
> > I installed Beta-2 and it worked wonderfully. I recieved RC-1, formatted
> > Beta-2 off my machine, ASUS A8V Delux, and loaded RC-1. It wouldn't go on
> > line. Windows Messenger did work, would open mail, then I could use
> > Favorites, a few would work that way. Activation---- cannot find network, DNS
> > Error, tried installing all the vista updates via another computer and a CD.
> > The 14 days ran out, formated that one and installed Beta-2 and back to
> > working fine. Now after that book, what can I do to get RC-1 to work? Mabe
> > this will help:
> >
> > Operating System System Model
> > Windows 2000 Professional (build 5384)
> > Processor a Main Circuit Board b
> > 2.20 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64
> > 64 kilobyte primary memory cache
> > 512 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A8V
> > Deluxe Rev 1.xx
> > Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
> > BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 1014.008 06/30/2005
> > Drives Memory Modules c,d
> > 496.59 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
> > 454.82 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
> >
> > ATAPI DVD DUAL 8X4X12 ATA Device [CD-ROM drive]
> > 3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]
> >
> > IC35L090AVV207-0 [Hard drive] (92.64 GB) -- drive 0, s/n VNVC02G3DY5R9T, rev
> > V23OA66A, SMART Status: Healthy
> > Maxtor 6L200R0 [Hard drive] (203.93 GB) -- drive 1, s/n L59C8PQG, rev
> > BAH41G10, SMART Status: Healthy
> > ST3200822A ATA Device [Hard drive] (200.05 GB) -- drive 2 2048 Megabytes
> > Installed Memory
> > c: (NTFS on drive 2) 97.98 GB 85.40 GB free
> > d: (NTFS on drive 0) 92.63 GB 79.04 GB free
> > e: (NTFS on drive 2) 102.07 GB 99.96 GB free
> > f: (NTFS on drive 1) 203.91 GB 190.42 GB free
> >
> > Network Drives
> > None detected
> > Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers
> > Marks a disabled account; Marks a locked account Canon iP4200 on
> > XPSPort:
> > Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Driver on Microsoft Document Imaging
> > Writer Port:
> > Standard floppy disk controller
> > ATA Channel 0 [Controller]
> > ATA Channel 1 [Controller]
> > VIA Bus Master IDE Controller NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700VE (Microsoft
> > Corporation - WDDM) [Display adapter]
> > Envision EN9600 [Monitor] (19.1"vis, s/n 36058JA006001, August 2005)
> > Bus Adapters Multimedia
> > Microsoft iSCSI Initiator
> > VIA VT8237 RAID Controller
> > VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller (4x)
> > VIA USB Enhanced Host Controller VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller
> > Communications
> > isatap.phnx.qwest.net
> > Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI Gigabit Ethernet Controller
> > primary Auto IP Address: xxxxxxxx
> > Gateway: xxxxxxxxx
> > Dhcp Server: xxxxxxxxxx
> > Physical Address: xxxxxxxxxxx
> > Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
> > RAS Async Adapter
> > Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
> >
> > Networking Dns Server: 192.168.0.1
> > VIA OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
> > Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
> > Microsoft PS/2 Mouse
> > USB Printing Support
> > USB Root Hub (5x)
> > Generic volume shadow copy (2x)
> > Virus Protection [Back to Top]
> > avast! antivirus 4.7.892 [VPS 0652-2] Version 4.7.892
> > Realtime File Scanning On
> >
> > Missing Microsoft Security Hotfixes [Back to Top]
> > No details available
> > Installed Microsoft Hotfixes [Back to Top]
> > None detected
> >
> >
> >
> >