Comments on: Curing Vista's outrageous wifi problem

By: Borge

Borge — Sat, 16 May 2009 03:18:58 +0000

Try this fix, it worked for me. http://borgetech.blogspot.com/2009/05/windows-vista-wifi-connection-problems.html

By: Andy Swarbrick

Andy Swarbrick — Wed, 06 May 2009 18:09:15 +0000

After several days of headache what worked for me is that Vista also needs a "wireless profile" in order to connect. Now you would think that it would create one, but if it does not then you need to add one.

Go to Control Panel\Network and Sharing Center and then click Manage Wireless Networks and click on the ADD button on the left and add a profile suitable for your connection, setting it to automatically connect, I guess.

By: ari.g

ari.g — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:35:24 +0000

thanks so much, I was getting pretty ****** off with Vista, but this tip seems to work!

By: jane

jane — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:56:29 +0000

Your link did not work, here it is again:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233/en-us

By: Ian Douglas

Ian Douglas — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:16:50 +0000

I haven't regretted the move to a Mac for a second. It's true, it does take a little getting used to after all those years of right-clicking, but once you have it's so much better. I went back to what I now think of as my wife's XP machine the other day and was amazed by how cumbersome it all was.

By: John McGarvey

John McGarvey — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:41:26 +0000

Aha - thanks for the heads up. I've run into the same problem myself, even when connecting to the wireless network in my own house (which was rock-steady with my last PC).

My favourite Vista feature is the way it shuts down. Sometimes (seemingly at random) my laptop takes 5 minutes or more to turn off. Being the easily distracted type, I usually close the lid and go and find something more interesting to do.

Unfortunately, this forces the machine into hibernation mode - while it's simultaneously trying to shut down.

The outcome? The next time I go to use it, the laptop comes out of hibernation and picks up where it left off - usually displaying the shutdown screen for a minute or so before switching off altogether. Does wonders for my productivity.

By: Jeremy Gould

Jeremy Gould — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:27:00 +0000

Well if you will buy Microsoft....

By: Simon Wheatley

Simon Wheatley — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:16:20 +0000

@Dave - pick up a copy of Parallels or an equivalent, which will allow you to run Windows inside the Mac when you need to, and then you can avoid carrying two machines.

By: Dave Briggs

Dave Briggs — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:53:55 +0000

Simon, I too have had irritations with Vista, so tonight I went after work and bought myself a MacBook. Will still keep the Vista laptop - there's applications on there that I love too much to get rid of entirely, but the MacBook will be my portable, carry-around machine.

I've been playing with it all night (see, I can do double entendres too) and I have to say...it's going to take some getting used to.