No Internet on XP

[ibo]

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?

 

[ShadowProwler420]

When I switch to Vista, everything works fine.

By 'switching', do you mean your laptop dual boots with XP and Vista? Or do you have separate XP and Vista machines?

 

[ibo]

Yeah... a dual-boot system. Does it matter?

 

[TerryNet]

a dual-boot system. Does it matter?

It matters to anybody trying to trouble shoot the problem. Hardware failure moves way, way down the list of suspects with this info.

 

[ibo]

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.

 

[ShadowProwler420]

No, I don't think a hardware part could be causing the problem

No one ever said it would be a hardware issue.

It matters to anybody trying to trouble shoot the problem. Hardware failure moves way, way down the list of suspects with this info.

 

[ibo]

Yeah, I just confirmed the possibility and eliminated this option by supplying my past experience with the machine, which you've never seen.