"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in
news:yfidnbamJPtaG1zSnZ2dnUVZ_qKdnZ2d@giganews.com :

> From: "Li'l Abner" <blvstk@dogpatch.com>
>
>> 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 :-)
>>
>
> Anther idea...
>
> Try a USB or PCMCIA Ethernet adapter and bypass the internal NIC.

I finally found one of those and the drivers for it. Tried using it and
same thing... 169.254.200.30.
Found a Microsoft Fixit that *didn't* fixit.
The DHCP service is set to Automatic and it's started.
However, the details of the connection in Network & Sharing Center says:
Connection specific DNS Suffix
Description Broadcom802.11b/g WLAN
Physical address 00-21-00-70-78-4B
DHCP Enabled NO <------------------Why "NO"?
IPv4 IP Address 169.254.200.30
IPv4 Subnet Mask 255.255.0.0
Lease
Lease
IPv4 Default gateway 192.168.1.1
IPv4 DHCP Server 192.168.1.1
Still striking out.

Did I mention that they had Webroot Internet Security installed in it?
Well, just for ****s and giggles I disabled the firewall.
Voila! Everything started working. DHCP Enabled became YES, and IP address
became proper, 192.168.1.100 and connected.
I also tried assigning a static IP and that worked too.
Next I totally uninstalled Webroot. Never was very impressed with it
anyway, unfortunately, they paid a pretty good chucnk of money for it.

Anyway, I appear to be out of the woods, Now it's just a mtter of getting
rid of iWon toolbar, Webroot toolbar (it didn't uninstall), Shop at Home
toolbar, Something about rebates, blah, blah, you name it, I also intend to
Bang Bing in the process, Then I'll go with MSE and see how it likes that!
It's 2:50 AM. I'm shooting for daylight!



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