Vista networking

I have three Vista machines and 3 XP Pro machines in a peer-to-peer setting.
The network function on a particular Vista machine will wrk fine and the then
quit working while nothing is gin on. Sometimes a reoot will work, smetimes
not.
While trying to reestablish the network, the "dependency group failed to
start" message appears.Most of the network service items in the services
applet seem to have started. I can frequently connect to internet sites while
this is going on. For example, I am typing this at a machine that refuses to
connect to a network.
I have looked at the configuration of the nics, error logs, Technet, the KB.
I don't have any hair left to pull out so what is next?

Any errors in the Event Viewer?

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"79-911SC" <79-911SC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7083BCDB-C750-4648-B845-FBD8011F3C2C@microsoft.com...
I have three Vista machines and 3 XP Pro machines in a peer-to-peer setting.
The network function on a particular Vista machine will wrk fine and the then
quit working while nothing is gin on. Sometimes a reoot will work, smetimes
not.
While trying to reestablish the network, the "dependency group failed to
start" message appears.Most of the network service items in the services
applet seem to have started. I can frequently connect to internet sites while
this is going on. For example, I am typing this at a machine that refuses to
connect to a network.
I have looked at the configuration of the nics, error logs, Technet, the KB.
I don't have any hair left to pull out so what is next?

No, not only were there no errors, the built in diagnosis tool says there
are no problems with the network. To make it even more fun, it frequently
(not all of the time) gives me a message that it cannot find an in internet
connection when sending a response to an online form while at the same time
running a download from Microsoft and/or Peachtree.

"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

> Any errors in the Event Viewer?
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "79-911SC" <79-911SC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7083BCDB-C750-4648-B845-FBD8011F3C2C@microsoft.com...
> I have three Vista machines and 3 XP Pro machines in a peer-to-peer setting.
> The network function on a particular Vista machine will wrk fine and the then
> quit working while nothing is gin on. Sometimes a reoot will work, smetimes
> not.
> While trying to reestablish the network, the "dependency group failed to
> start" message appears.Most of the network service items in the services
> applet seem to have started. I can frequently connect to internet sites while
> this is going on. For example, I am typing this at a machine that refuses to
> connect to a network.
> I have looked at the configuration of the nics, error logs, Technet, the KB.
> I don't have any hair left to pull out so what is next?

Bob,
This is a copy of a previous post I made. I have yet to resolve the problem
after reading every log file I could find on the machine. I have gone back
through Local Security, network setup, deleted NICs and reinstalled them. I
am at a loss.

By the way, there used to be a Bob Lin at PW & Co many moons ago, any
relation?
Any errors in the Event Viewer?

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"79-911SC" <79-911SC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7083BCDB-C750-4648-B845-FBD8011F3C2C@microsoft.com...
I have three Vista machines and 3 XP Pro machines in a peer-to-peer
setting.
The network function on a particular Vista machine will wrk fine and the
then
quit working while nothing is gin on. Sometimes a reoot will work, smetimes
not.
While trying to reestablish the network, the "dependency group failed to
start" message appears.Most of the network service items in the services
applet seem to have started. I can frequently connect to internet sites
while
this is going on. For example, I am typing this at a machine that refuses
to
connect to a network.
I have looked at the configuration of the nics, error logs, Technet, the
KB.
I don't have any hair left to pull out so what is next?

"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

> Any errors in the Event Viewer?
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "79-911SC" <79-911SC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7083BCDB-C750-4648-B845-FBD8011F3C2C@microsoft.com...
> I have three Vista machines and 3 XP Pro machines in a peer-to-peer setting.
> The network function on a particular Vista machine will wrk fine and the then
> quit working while nothing is gin on. Sometimes a reoot will work, smetimes
> not.
> While trying to reestablish the network, the "dependency group failed to
> start" message appears.Most of the network service items in the services
> applet seem to have started. I can frequently connect to internet sites while
> this is going on. For example, I am typing this at a machine that refuses to
> connect to a network.
> I have looked at the configuration of the nics, error logs, Technet, the KB.
> I don't have any hair left to pull out so what is next?

Additional piece of information on this mystery. While the machine has been
happy to run on the internet all along, it has now decided to see the other
machines on the network. This works only as long as I leave network discovery
turned off. It also seems unwilling to connect to networked printers.

"79-911SC" wrote:

> Bob,
> This is a copy of a previous post I made. I have yet to resolve the problem
> after reading every log file I could find on the machine. I have gone back
> through Local Security, network setup, deleted NICs and reinstalled them. I
> am at a loss.
>
> By the way, there used to be a Bob Lin at PW & Co many moons ago, any
> relation?
> Any errors in the Event Viewer?
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
> http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
> http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "79-911SC" <79-911SC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7083BCDB-C750-4648-B845-FBD8011F3C2C@microsoft.com...
> I have three Vista machines and 3 XP Pro machines in a peer-to-peer
> setting.
> The network function on a particular Vista machine will wrk fine and the
> then
> quit working while nothing is gin on. Sometimes a reoot will work, smetimes
> not.
> While trying to reestablish the network, the "dependency group failed to
> start" message appears.Most of the network service items in the services
> applet seem to have started. I can frequently connect to internet sites
> while
> this is going on. For example, I am typing this at a machine that refuses
> to
> connect to a network.
> I have looked at the configuration of the nics, error logs, Technet, the
> KB.
> I don't have any hair left to pull out so what is next?
>
> "Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:
>
> > Any errors in the Event Viewer?
> >
> > Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> > Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> > How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> > "79-911SC" <79-911SC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7083BCDB-C750-4648-B845-FBD8011F3C2C@microsoft.com...
> > I have three Vista machines and 3 XP Pro machines in a peer-to-peer setting.
> > The network function on a particular Vista machine will wrk fine and the then
> > quit working while nothing is gin on. Sometimes a reoot will work, smetimes
> > not.
> > While trying to reestablish the network, the "dependency group failed to
> > start" message appears.Most of the network service items in the services
> > applet seem to have started. I can frequently connect to internet sites while
> > this is going on. For example, I am typing this at a machine that refuses to
> > connect to a network.
> > I have looked at the configuration of the nics, error logs, Technet, the KB.
> > I don't have any hair left to pull out so what is next?