Both XP and Vista have a Network Setup Wizard as well as a Network Troubleshooter. I've used the troubleshooter in XP twice and it fixed the problem on one of those occasions. I don't know exactly where it is on Vista, but in XP, you just click on the networking icon in the Notification Area and find it on one of the tabs. I have no idea if it will bring you any joy, but anything is worth a shot at this point. Peace, Gman "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don101" <don101@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 12:08 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Fw: Vista network setup > Perhaps. I *will* lay the blame on HP for the ignorant tech support > guy. He obviously had no knowledge of networking or Vista. And the > way he worked he was not following a script or a logic tree to find > the problem. > > I told him no less than 6 times that the problem was the computer > network connection was in LOCAL ONLY. And no less than six times I > asked him how to change that. And no less than six times he failed to > answer the question. > > That said, I looked everywhere in Vista. Literally. Outlook Express > Internet Options, IE internet options. Network Connections. Internet > setup wizard. Network this and network that and I searched every > available help file remotely close to networking or the internet and > could not find anything anywhere that had anything at all to say about > the local only setting. NOTHING! That is a Vista and Micro$oft > screwup. And it was Vista that wanted me to go to online help > resources. Hello! The problem is a network connection in LOCAL only > that is stopping me from going online. > > Don --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------