Network problems in RC2

[Jon Davis]

I replaced RC1 with RC2 (not an upgrade). Everything installed fine,
although I had to install from within the running instance of RC1 because
the USB devices connected to my computer caused the Setup DVD to BSOD
(stupid!!) and I was too lazy to unplug the devices.

Anyway, I thought all was well up until I opened up Internet Explorer and
although it found the site it would not connect. It would just sit there
saying "Connecting to ...". I tried disabling and reenabling the network
card. Didn't help. I tried rebooting. Didn't help. I tried right-clicking
its icon on the system tray, and rather than clear DNS and WINS caches and
re-run DHCP client (etc), it paused and then came back and said, "Yup, you
do indeed seem to have a connection problem. [OK]" Thanks, bozos.

Strangely, at one point I did manage to get the web page's title to show up.
I tried accessing Live.com (followed a Windows link) and the header HTML
just started to render, but then it stalled. I tried Creative.com because I
was trying to get the XP 64-bit sound card driver that worked with Vista
RC1, but only the title showed up in IE's titlebar. After a refresh even
that wouldn't show up again.

Back to XP, forever until the next build. Given what others have said about
networking issues in RC2 (where problems did not exist in RC1) I don't
anticipate workarounds being worthwhile, since one workaround will only
reveal another networking issue.

Jon

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi Jon,

Have you tried overwriting with XP drivers? My perception was that most of
the networking issues had been resolved with RC2.

Back to XP, forever until the next build

That'd be the version that you will find on store shelves in January,
complete with a price tag.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

I replaced RC1 with RC2 (not an upgrade). Everything installed fine,
although I had to install from within the running instance of RC1 because
the USB devices connected to my computer caused the Setup DVD to BSOD
(stupid!!) and I was too lazy to unplug the devices.

Anyway, I thought all was well up until I opened up Internet Explorer and
although it found the site it would not connect. It would just sit there
saying "Connecting to ...". I tried disabling and reenabling the network
card. Didn't help. I tried rebooting. Didn't help. I tried right-clicking
its icon on the system tray, and rather than clear DNS and WINS caches and
re-run DHCP client (etc), it paused and then came back and said, "Yup, you
do indeed seem to have a connection problem. [OK]" Thanks, bozos.

Strangely, at one point I did manage to get the web page's title to show
up. I tried accessing Live.com (followed a Windows link) and the header
HTML just started to render, but then it stalled. I tried Creative.com
because I was trying to get the XP 64-bit sound card driver that worked
with Vista RC1, but only the title showed up in IE's titlebar. After a
refresh even that wouldn't show up again.

Back to XP, forever until the next build. Given what others have said
about networking issues in RC2 (where problems did not exist in RC1) I
don't anticipate workarounds being worthwhile, since one workaround will
only reveal another networking issue.

Jon

 

[Jon Davis]

Hi Jon,

Have you tried overwriting with XP drivers? My perception was that most of
the networking issues had been resolved with RC2.

Not yet. XP drivers worked with Sound Blaster Audigy and NForce4 SATA RAID,
might work with networking, too, good call.

That'd be the version that you will find on store shelves in January,
complete with a price tag.

Perhaps an MSDN CTP then if by chance one will be pushed.

Jon

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi Jon,

According to my sources, there will be no further interim builds for any
group, MSDN and tech beta included. Concentrations will be on fixing known,
common bugs for RTM.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Jon Davis]

Hi Jon,

According to my sources, there will be no further interim builds for any
group, MSDN and tech beta included. Concentrations will be on fixing
known, common bugs for RTM.

So be it. Unless XP drivers do the job, no Vista for me.

Jon

 

[Jon Davis]

Unfortunately, the XP drivers did not work with Vista RC2.

The network drivers for the nVidia NForce4 have been bundled with Vista
since RC1. Vista wouldn't even recognize the XP drivers as being compatible
with the network adapter.

Jon

Hi Jon,

Have you tried overwriting with XP drivers? My perception was that most of
the networking issues had been resolved with RC2.

Back to XP, forever until the next build

That'd be the version that you will find on store shelves in January,
complete with a price tag.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

I replaced RC1 with RC2 (not an upgrade). Everything installed fine,
although I had to install from within the running instance of RC1 because
the USB devices connected to my computer caused the Setup DVD to BSOD
(stupid!!) and I was too lazy to unplug the devices.

Anyway, I thought all was well up until I opened up Internet Explorer and
although it found the site it would not connect. It would just sit there
saying "Connecting to ...". I tried disabling and reenabling the network
card. Didn't help. I tried rebooting. Didn't help. I tried right-clicking
its icon on the system tray, and rather than clear DNS and WINS caches
and re-run DHCP client (etc), it paused and then came back and said,
"Yup, you do indeed seem to have a connection problem. [OK]" Thanks,
bozos.

Strangely, at one point I did manage to get the web page's title to show
up. I tried accessing Live.com (followed a Windows link) and the header
HTML just started to render, but then it stalled. I tried Creative.com
because I was trying to get the XP 64-bit sound card driver that worked
with Vista RC1, but only the title showed up in IE's titlebar. After a
refresh even that wouldn't show up again.

Back to XP, forever until the next build. Given what others have said
about networking issues in RC2 (where problems did not exist in RC1) I
don't anticipate workarounds being worthwhile, since one workaround will
only reveal another networking issue.

Jon

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi Jon,

Unfortunately, you are probably stuck if the motherboard manufacturer
doesn't release a Vista-compatible set. It is not unusual for a device to
work with one build of Vista and then not with the next due to some changes.
If you have the feedback icon, you might try submitting this as a bug.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Unfortunately, the XP drivers did not work with Vista RC2.

The network drivers for the nVidia NForce4 have been bundled with Vista
since RC1. Vista wouldn't even recognize the XP drivers as being
compatible with the network adapter.

Jon

Hi Jon,

Have you tried overwriting with XP drivers? My perception was that most
of the networking issues had been resolved with RC2.

Back to XP, forever until the next build

That'd be the version that you will find on store shelves in January,
complete with a price tag.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

I replaced RC1 with RC2 (not an upgrade). Everything installed fine,
although I had to install from within the running instance of RC1 because
the USB devices connected to my computer caused the Setup DVD to BSOD
(stupid!!) and I was too lazy to unplug the devices.

Anyway, I thought all was well up until I opened up Internet Explorer
and although it found the site it would not connect. It would just sit
there saying "Connecting to ...". I tried disabling and reenabling the
network card. Didn't help. I tried rebooting. Didn't help. I tried
right-clicking its icon on the system tray, and rather than clear DNS
and WINS caches and re-run DHCP client (etc), it paused and then came
back and said, "Yup, you do indeed seem to have a connection problem.
[OK]" Thanks, bozos.

Strangely, at one point I did manage to get the web page's title to show
up. I tried accessing Live.com (followed a Windows link) and the header
HTML just started to render, but then it stalled. I tried Creative.com
because I was trying to get the XP 64-bit sound card driver that worked
with Vista RC1, but only the title showed up in IE's titlebar. After a
refresh even that wouldn't show up again.

Back to XP, forever until the next build. Given what others have said
about networking issues in RC2 (where problems did not exist in RC1) I
don't anticipate workarounds being worthwhile, since one workaround will
only reveal another networking issue.

Jon

 

[Jon Davis]

No need; nVidia nForce4 is one of the most prevalent mobo chipsets on modern
white box mobos, Microsoft and nVidia are aware. They just don't care (won't
until gold).

Jon

Hi Jon,

Unfortunately, you are probably stuck if the motherboard manufacturer
doesn't release a Vista-compatible set. It is not unusual for a device to
work with one build of Vista and then not with the next due to some
changes. If you have the feedback icon, you might try submitting this as a
bug.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Unfortunately, the XP drivers did not work with Vista RC2.

The network drivers for the nVidia NForce4 have been bundled with Vista
since RC1. Vista wouldn't even recognize the XP drivers as being
compatible with the network adapter.

Jon

Hi Jon,

Have you tried overwriting with XP drivers? My perception was that most
of the networking issues had been resolved with RC2.

Back to XP, forever until the next build

That'd be the version that you will find on store shelves in January,
complete with a price tag.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

I replaced RC1 with RC2 (not an upgrade). Everything installed fine,
although I had to install from within the running instance of RC1
because the USB devices connected to my computer caused the Setup DVD to
BSOD (stupid!!) and I was too lazy to unplug the devices.

Anyway, I thought all was well up until I opened up Internet Explorer
and although it found the site it would not connect. It would just sit
there saying "Connecting to ...". I tried disabling and reenabling the
network card. Didn't help. I tried rebooting. Didn't help. I tried
right-clicking its icon on the system tray, and rather than clear DNS
and WINS caches and re-run DHCP client (etc), it paused and then came
back and said, "Yup, you do indeed seem to have a connection problem.
[OK]" Thanks, bozos.

Strangely, at one point I did manage to get the web page's title to
show up. I tried accessing Live.com (followed a Windows link) and the
header HTML just started to render, but then it stalled. I tried
Creative.com because I was trying to get the XP 64-bit sound card
driver that worked with Vista RC1, but only the title showed up in IE's
titlebar. After a refresh even that wouldn't show up again.

Back to XP, forever until the next build. Given what others have said
about networking issues in RC2 (where problems did not exist in RC1) I
don't anticipate workarounds being worthwhile, since one workaround
will only reveal another networking issue.

Jon