Someone brought me a HP laptop with Vista on it. The described problem was
that it said "connected" but still no internet access.
I booted in Safe Mode with Networking. In Network and Sharing Center the
line over to the router is OK, but the one to "internet" is X-ed out. IPv4
connectivity is "limited". Icon in tray says "connected to (router), signal
strength excellent. I can disable wireless and go direct and get the
limited connectivity.

In either case, it's assigning an IP of 169.254.*.*. (should be
192.168.1.something).

I tried netsh winsock reset. Nothing.

Installed MBam from a memory stick. And copied the latest definitions. I
ran that and the worst thing it found was 4 or 5 Trojan.Vundo. And a couple
hundred MyWebSearch items.

Rebooted. No joy. Still getting the 169.254 IP's. If I go into IP
properties and assign it a valid IP, the the "line" between the computer
and the router is even broken.

I've just copied all the guy's stuff off onto a portable drive. I have
ComboFix copied onto it and am about ready to run that..

But since I have a date with the local bar, I will hold off for a while.
When I come back, I expect one of you will have replied "Oh I know what
that is! Just do this!"

TIA :-)

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