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| Problem: I am able to connect to my home network but cannot see any other available networks or cannot set up a new network.."network discovery"? Also, the following links dont work. They do not respond at all
"Connect to" on the start menu
In the "Network and sharing center" Connect to a computer Setup a connection or network Customize I am running Vista home premium with SP2 on a Gateway M150XL. AVG security 8.5, Ad-aware anniversary edition, Sharing CD and C drive with XP computer. Wireless wifi link = Intel 4965agn Did the following: Rolled back to earliest restore point Booted up in safe mode with networking Ran system file checker ( sfc /scannow  from the command line No virus's or spyware Running "private" network Made sure all services were either running or on automatic in "computer management". Downloaded all available updates, drivers from Microsoft and Intel Is anyone aware how to repair these dead links or: Is there a stand alone wireless lan utility that will allow me to view any available networks and set up one |
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| | No one has any idea's or experence with this issue?? |
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| | You're the 3rd one I've found in 5 minutes of looking. See my previous post or I'll add it below, fixed the same problem. Seems to be corrupt Vista files from something - wonder what's doing it if a lot of people are having the same problems. Seems this forum is very inactive. I had better luck on the Microsoft Answers forum - seems to be more active and has active moderators helping with questions. I almost didn't try it because the title turned me off, but after getting no response here I posted there. You can find it here: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windowsvista And my thread is here: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistanetworking/thread/4c037e9b-2c99-48fa-b43e-92673871691d inserted below: " The in-place upgrade repaired the operating system without destroying any of my data. I was nervous as it looked like it was going to wipe everything out and give me a clean install, but in the end everything was still there. Now when I click on Connect to a wireless network it opens the appropriate dialogue. I haven't taken the laptop to Panera yet to try it out but I have high confidence it will work.
Here is the Microsoft Knowlege Base article describing the in-place upgrade under option 1. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968279/
Here are the steps I used to solve my problem:
1. Used system file checker to find out I had corrupt system files
sfc /scannow
How to repair the operating system and how to restore the operating system configuration to an earlier point in time in Windows Vista http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936212/
2. Analyzed the SFC log and found out I had corrupt files that SFC couldn't repair
How to analyze the log file entries that the Microsoft Windows Resource Checker (SFC.exe) program generates in Windows Vista http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928228
3. Did an in-place upgrade of Vista from the original Windows Vista DVD
Error message when you try to install Windows Vista Service Pack 2: "One or more system components that the service pack requires are missing" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968279/ Option 1
PS: It's too bad that all these steps are scattered about inside knowledge base articles that separately are not what I want, and if I read only the title I think it won't help, but when I dig deep and take a part of each one I can come up with a solution. Reminds me of trying to do taxes and going through all those forms to find the few you need. For example, I couldn't find an article just on how to do an in-place upgrade, it's buried inside the article on errors installing Service Pack 2. The in-place upgrade option is so important in repairing your install. Tech support always wants to tell you to wipe everything out and reinstall the whole thing (the Nuclear option) instead of trying this first. I'm old fashioned but I miss the days of software manuals that go through each function and describe its use and options. Maybe there is an equivalent online that I'm missing."
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