Enable Local Area Connection

[dryfire]

Problem:
This is annoying and embarrassing. I am running Vista Ultimate on a MSI 865
GV mother board, on board LAN, Realtek RT8139/810Xfamily. I lose my
internet.network connection when I reboot. To regain these I must “DISABLEâ€
then “ENABLE’ my “LOCAL AREA CONNECTIONâ€. The status changes from
“Unidentified network, name of network†to “Disabled†to “Name of Networkâ€

Constraints:
This is definitely NOT a modem/router problem. Any/all other computers
(dozens of Vista, XP, Tiger, Ubuntu) connected to the router continually or
at random connect immediately to the internet.

So;
1) What does Local Area Connection effect?
2) Why doesn’t my machine automatically “enable’?

Jim

 

[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

You make check if there is a new drive for the NIC. Try Microsoft update.
These links may help.

Resolution of Vista Unidentified NetworkThe Vista Unidentified Network or
Limited Connectivity could be hardware, TCP/IP configuration or security
issues. The following are some resolutions. ...
www.chicagotech.net/vista/unidentifirdnetwork.htm


Windows Vista Update and downloadThis update to address a set of known
application compatibility issues with Windows Vista - March 2007 Windows
Vista Application Compatibility Update ...
www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?t=859


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