Comments on: Windows Vista Tip: How To Setup And Connect To A Wireless Network

By: Jeremy Pickett

Jeremy Pickett — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:10:03 +0000

I have the same problems with vista because of the apartment problems with the neighbor house plus steal your passwood too.
I hope you find a better computer as well
Thank-You
Jeremy Pickett

By: Martin Rodriguez

Martin Rodriguez — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:06:35 +0000

My computer is an hp pavillion dv6000. I have read over all of the post and figured out a few things. Windows Vista for many ppl here will connect to the secured wireless router but it won't be able to access the internet. I have had the same problem here. There are three computers at my house, two are windows 7, and the other one is windows vista. I have tried many things, and all I have left to do that ican think of is to change the security type of the router. My windows vista has been able to connect to unsecured networks, but as it seems for everyone else and mine secured networks don't provide internet for it. So i would advise to change the internet security type to one compatible to windows vista. If there is anything else please! someone put up a solution that is proven to work!!

By: Roy

Roy — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:25:18 +0000

I have a unique problem.
I have a laptop with VISTA and a desk top with XP. The VISTA is connected to the net wirelessly and works fine. The XP is connected to the VISTA and is able to share documents and read and edit also in each other (That is VISTA is able to see XP and vice versa) . But the problem is that the XP cannot access the net. Please HELP by letting me know what are the settings i should have. I have done all the usual suggestions.
Thanks in advance
Roy

By: Lauren

Lauren — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 14:56:46 +0000

@John: Hey John... have the same problem... did you ever find a solution??

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:48:23 +0000

Hi,
I have a toshiba laptop running vista. I can connect to the wireless connection, however it is local only and will not allow me on the internet. All other laptops are fine apart from two toshiba laptops. Anybody aware of a problem with toshiba that is preventing me from a full connection. I was in a different house last year and was able to connect to a different wireless connection no problem. I have tried various things from support websites, such as uninstalling and reinstalling drivers but nothing seems to work.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as i have spent hours trying to fix this problem.

By: raheel

raheel — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:41:59 +0000

hi
i am raheel
i am using laptop which has vista window
someday before i was see the other networks around my room but last two day i di not sam any wirless network
i have my friend id and password but the problem is that nothing wirless connection is showing so plz help me
second i saw ur process manually i di not understand can u tell me simply how to do it.
for example i give you wirless name and password
ali jameel
67546 is password
so plz tell me how to put it manually and how to do other settings in manually because i am not gennius
n i am living in uae plz help me
raheel_pcba@hotmail.com if anybody can solve my problem then help me and also you

By: HtB

HtB — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 08:58:59 +0000

@Sameer: Hi Bert
I also had WPA2-Personal, at first i was able to connect but some day I got a red cross in my connection overview.

I did reset my router to WEP -> Saved, later back to WEP2-Personal so the old situation again and it worked again fine.

(just a mall function of the certificate i think and it is rebuilt by doing this)
I have Windows 7 64 bits enterprise version.

Problem: Red Cross in Wireless Lan overview and not able to connect
worked before nothing changed.

By: John

John — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 01:14:51 +0000

Had to reinstall the factory VISTA operating system and now need to get back on a wireless network at home. I can see the network, but when trying to connect get an "Enter/select additional log on information" which takes me to a screen to "Enter Credentials", requiring a User name, Password and Logon domain. Any suggestions?

By: Vince

Vince — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 06:17:57 +0000

P.S.
Vista used to give the option for a wireless connect . But now the only options are Broadband and Dial Up. What to do? What has to be changed to make the wireless option available?

By: Vince

Vince — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 05:03:35 +0000

Everybody else here can see and access my router. But Vista says "cannot find any wireless networks" I don't have the "Manually connect to a wireless Network" option shown above". HELP !!

By: Theresa

Theresa — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 04:06:10 +0000

I need help bad!! I changed from Bellsouth internet for my laptop and my laptop would secure and was not a problem. I switched to charter communications internet and since then I purchased laptops for my children. My childrens laptops are Dell and they use Windows 7, they connect fine secure, but my windows Vista Acer laptop will not connect secure. I live in an apartment and have grown tired of everybody being on my internet and I can barely use it myself due to an influx of people. I called charter and they went through the motions again of trying to secure the internet on my laptop. What is wrong? Does Bellsouth have a hold on my laptop or what? I am using Netgear from Charter and it accepts my password but it keeps saying the connection has timed out or error due to user. I just don't know what to do. If anyone can help I would be grateful. T

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:36:44 +0000

@Roland: please see my comment above, I believe you have the same problem!

In Manage Wireless networks, choose WPA2PSK and TKIP not AES – see if that works.

Otherwise, go the route as I did of forcing windows to refresh the security type of the network.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:34:26 +0000

RE: All those with Vista problems where the network 'Connect to' screen says
'Settings do not match' or incorrectly detects a WPA network as WEP.
And as a related problem, if you try to connect to the network, it throws up a dialog with username/password/network domain – the details of which don't apply!

This problem had me stumped today for a few hours. After reading this thread and trying a few solutions which didn't pan out, I finally got it fixed.

1 – Log into your router from another device and change the security to Open. Make sure to keep a note of any keys that you might be using (otherwise you will have to regenerate the key and change all your other network devices). Be aware that your current connection to it will be severed – and if that computer usually connects using WPA2 information, Vista will throw up 'settings don't match' errors. This is okay (if you need to use it in the mean time, you can delete the stored security settings and change it to an Open non-encrypted network).
2- Now on your problem Vista device, go to the Connect to menu, and refresh it. Your network should show up as Open. Connect to it, and confirm the internet/whatever is working.
3 – Open the Network and Sharing center > Manage Wireless Networks screen. Check that your network is not present, and if it is, delete it (this is just clearing any settings which Vista might have saved).
4 – Connect to your router, and configure the security settings to once again be WPA2 (or your preferred security), and add your password back in. Click Apply. Your connection will once again be severed.
5 – Open the Connect To screen and refresh the network list. Your network should appear, if you hover over you should now see WPA2 (or your chosen security type). Double click and hopefully it will now ask you for the security key!

I believe this problem is something inherent in Vista, it incorrectly stores the security type of the network and won't refresh that data, and doesn't attempt to ask the network what security it is using when you try to connect.

I believe it also might be a problem with AES/TKIP (if you are manually configuring your network in the Manage Networks screen, you should probably choose WPA2/PSK and TKIP not AES – if your router supports this).

Hope this helps people and thanks to this thread for giving me the idea to solve the problem.

Rob

By: KevinJ

KevinJ — Sun, 22 May 2011 06:44:46 +0000

Did you mean ad hoc (PC-PC) network? Since Windows Vista, 7 it is not able to connect automatically to ad hoc network. There is a couple of articles about how to connect to ad hoc network in Vista, Windows 7. It uses windows scheduler, but this solution not works for me just because you can't run scheduler every min, if other computer/printer or any other device was connected a bit later, for example. So I recommend you some specialized tool. Maxidix Wifi Suite, for examle can do it (my choice), and everything works as I would like it to. Here is short video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TKZ1FfNrCE, and here is download link http://www.maxidix.com/products/wifi-suite. Wish I help you.

By: VINCE

VINCE — Sun, 01 May 2011 21:46:48 +0000

i use to have connection but i dont anymore,in the connect to network , choise a connection option i do not see aconnect to wireless option , can you help me with this please