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No Internet on XP

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  1. ibo

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    It happened recently. I have not installed or uninstalled any new hardware or software. One day, I just turn the laptop on and there is no internet connection of any kind. I was able to connect to my home wireless network.
    There is no problem with the router. When I switch to Vista, everything works fine. When I use other Wi-Fi devices, there is no problem either.
    Does anyone know what seems the cause here?
     
    ibo, Sep 23, 2008
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  2. ShadowProwler420

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    By 'switching', do you mean your laptop dual boots with XP and Vista? Or do you have separate XP and Vista machines?
     
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    Yeah... a dual-boot system. Does it matter?
     
    ibo, Sep 23, 2008
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    It matters to anybody trying to trouble shoot the problem. Hardware failure moves way, way down the list of suspects with this info. :)
     
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    No, I don't think a hardware part could be causing the problem because, as I said, I have been the laptop regularly and the internet stopped only in XP. I was expecting Vista to create problems without any reason (from what I've heard people saying). Vista is not that bad at all, as it turns out.
     
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    No one ever said it would be a hardware issue.

    ;)
     
    ShadowProwler420, Sep 24, 2008
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    Yeah, I just confirmed the possibility and eliminated this option by supplying my past experience with the machine, which you've never seen.
     
    ibo, Sep 24, 2008
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