[knothead]

Is anyone here cursed with a dial-up internet connection and Windows Vista??

If so I would really like to talk to you and maybe swap info back and forth before I take a sledgehammer to this stupid thing.

I might be able to help hon.

Though i have broadband, I use dialup in emergencies or when my broadband is down(which has been for three out of four weeks this month)
What are you having problems with?

[knothead]

Every couple of days, Windows rejects my internet connection. I know the problem is with Windows and not my ISP because I checked with them. It has to be some type of bug.

When it refuses my connection I have to go into the tools/internet properties menu, delete my dial up information, type all the info again to set up the "new" connection, and then shut my computer down. When I start it back up it works fine, like nothing ever happened. It's so aggravating!!

Also, some times I start this demon machine up and the explorer tries to load my homepage but crashes 3 or 4 times in a row. It always waits until the whole page is loaded then crashes just as I start to navigate off of that page. It always brings up that box that says the explorer has to close, do I want to send message to Microsoft about this. I have several times but of course nothing ever changes.

[(JD)]

Well, if it's any consolation, I've been using Vista for a long time now, can't use IE with it very well, but it had issues with mozilla too. I've just bought a wireless printer and guess what? Special troubleshooting for Vista users. I've installed, uninstalled, installed uninstalled the whole thing now... working directly from the directions, unplugged items, by the book... AND the doggone computer won't talk to the printer! Grrrrrrr

Have you gone on the microsoft website and researched the issue? Or even go to Yahoo answers and search, or ask the same question. Good wishes.

Give me a day or so to do some research on it. I'll see what i can find out. The first thing i think of to be honest if you can is to completely format and reinstall windows. The second thing i thought of is did this always happen or just recently? If recently and you have system restore enabled, try doing a system restore to a date before this all started.

It could also be a problem with the actual modem causing things to crash, but i doubt it.
0warranty(most have 1-3 years depending). If it is I can give you the number to contact microsoft and they will troubleshoot/fix/help you fix the problem.

[knothead]

Sorry I didn't write about this yesterday, I never had the chance. (Sky) I also tried to get my printer to work with Vista and it kept telling me it was unable to communicate with printer. Stupid freaking technological advances my pa-tootie!

(Rainbow) This is a new system all together. It's my first laptop (Dell Studio) and it came with Vista already installed, I've had it (and it's bugs) for about three months now. I just got a book from Amazon.com that might help me a little bit, Windows Vista for Dummies: An all in one reference guide.

Who knows, maybe if we put all our heads together we can fix all of our Vista problems, but I doubt it (LOL). This thing is chock-full of bugs!

Yes. Vista can be a pain in the neck!

What Vista version do you have? You can check this by doing the following:

Start Menu>My computer?right click on my computer?properties

once you tell me this I can help walk through a few steps.

Also, I'd like if you can, to go through connecting the dialup, and write down the steps you are using for me. I will try to recreate the problem on my pc if i can, or just see exactly where the problem starts.

also, go through and do what you usually do. Once it crashes, I'd like you to go to Start Menu>Control Panel>System and Maintenance

From there choose Veiw Problem History. Once you have done that. The top listed one should be the last crash report. It might say something about Windows Crash or something like Dialup connection crash. Double click it for me, and then I want you to screenshot what comes up. Do this by holding downthe CTRL/control key, and then pressing the Print Screen/PrtScrn/SysRq button on your keyboard. It should be somewhere near the number pad. Anyways then go to start menu, and at the bottom where you type to search your computer type in mspaint and hit enter. When paint program comes up, Cntrl+V to paste it in. You can black out anything with the brush you dont want me or anyone to see. Save that on your desktop and either attach it here to a reply, email me @ rainbows@ns.sympatico.ca or host it online and give me the link.

Then i can see the exact error code, and see if i can determine from that what is happening for you. You might know all the copy and paste and printing screen stuff but i thougt id leave directions just in case.