Wrongly saying offline A IE7 or Vista bug?

[Adam Albright]

Anybody else seeing this sillyness? I have a long established and
good running broadband connection with WOW as the ISP. Under XP this
connection was rock solid and fast 99% of the time. Now that I have
Vista Business up and running successfully I constantly see the
following happening and it is starting to drive me nuts.

Preface: As most know, if you have a broadband connection, you are
ALWAYS connected to the Internet.

I can do one of the following; either click on a desktop IE7 shortcut
to some web page I previously visited to return there, or start up IE7
and use Goggle to go to some new site. Most of time this works as
expected. However even since installed Vista and IE7, which is part of
the install, the following happens:

I click on a web page link and up pops a warning box telling me I'm
trying to access a web page offline. It then brings up another window
asking me to enter my login and password for the MSN network.

I HAVE NEITHER a MSN account or any need for a dial-up connection and
of course didn't set one up since I have broadband with WOW.

I suspect this is a IE7 specific issue since even when I'm told I'm
offline I can still post to Usenet, like to this newsgroup. Also Vista
always shows I'm connected on the Task Bar and doesn't show the
unplugged error it does if I actually do happen to lose by connection
to WOW.

I've seen several KB articles on similar behavior, but nothing Vista
specific or any fix. Did I mention this is driving me nuts?

Usually by not always I need to reboot, then things seem fine, only to
happen again randomly. Other times I can after awhile click on links
that IE7 claimed were offline without changing a thing and then use
them normally again. Did I mention this is driving me nuts?

 

[khalle]

Hi!

Well, I have the same Problem with Windows Vista Business. Under XP
was my connection to the internet without any problems.
I don't know if I really lost my connection, or is it only incorrect
detection issue. But IE crash daily 6-8 times, and write that I am
offline. This behavior is also in Window Media Player. But third
provider software runs without any problems. Also if I ran PING, no
lost packets there.

Because Vista is new, I can't found many resources to this problem.
Because of that, I am happy, that you posted this issue here. I have
already posted about this here: http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1052626&SiteID=17

So I`m slowly thinking, that's a bug in Vista (only Business
edition?).

Maybe someone from Microsoft can us help.

Regards
Anton Kalcik

 

[khalle]

Hi!

Well, I have the same Problem with Windows Vista Business. Under XP
was my connection to the internet without any problems.
I don't know if I really lost my connection, or is it only incorrect
detection issue. But IE crash daily 6-8 times, and write that I am
offline. This behavior is also in Window Media Player. But third
provider software runs without any problems. Also if I ran PING, no
lost packets there.

Because Vista is new, I can't found many resources to this problem.
Because of that, I am happy, that you posted this issue here. I have
already posted about this here: http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1052626&SiteID=17

So I`m slowly thinking, that's a bug in Vista (only Business
edition?). Maybe someone from Microsoft can us help.

Regards
Anton Kalcik

 

[khalle]

Hi,

I found another interesting topic on this problem. Look here
http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=266984#266984
I think really that "Something is realy wrong with network in Vista".

Regards

Anton Kalcik

 

[Adrian Harding]

Getting same problem in Home Premium its causing other programs not to work
(Live Mail Desktop, Money 2005) properly, thinking its not on internet even
though i'm navigating web at same time

 

[Adam Albright]

Getting same problem in Home Premium its causing other programs not to work
(Live Mail Desktop, Money 2005) properly, thinking its not on internet even
though i'm navigating web at same time

I had a offline problem also. Out of the blue none of my web links on
my desktop worked. Not always, just randmonly not working. Clicked
them, Vista said I'm offline. I wasn't. I've got broadband and I was
in the middle of posting to a newsgroup. I finished the post, clicked
it and it got sent normally so, no Vista, I'm not offline as you
claim.

What is was is weird and still not answered as to why it happened, but
I found a fix. Rather convoluted, read slowly.

The problem was Vista was trying to set up a second network. I didn't
ask it too, it just kept trying. Right after I would click on one of
my none working web links Vista claimed were "offline" it brought up a
log on Window for dial-up (too funny) to the MSN network. I would
dismiss the window, try another link, same thing repeated.

Don't know if this will help anybody else but check this out. There
should be a Network icon on your task tray in the lower right corner
of your desktop, two little overlaping monitors on the icon. Hover
over it then when it expands click on the embedded links (may show one
or more) which will take you to network settting in Control Panel.

Now here's the weird part... You will see the real network you are
connected to whatever it is and Vista should say that's working fine.
You may or may not see some network 2, but it is a phatom. You need to
leave this network window you get taken to open, shrink it down some
so you can get some work done, but still keep your eye on it. If you
wait long enough you may see Vista trying to sneak in a icon for a
second network. The fun is in order to get rid of it you got to be
able to click access it. Since it comes and goes with your phony
offline messages that may be harded to do then it sounds.

Maybe this is a new Vista game. <wink>

Be interesting to see if others having some offline errors, find
something similar to this. This is one of the weirder things I've seen
in Windows over the years.

 

[Guest]

I am sad to see that no one posted any resolution to this. I am having the
SAME problem in both Media Player and Money 2007. ITS DRIVING ME NUTS. I
thought it might have been the firewall or security settings, but I have
tweaked them all to the lowest settings and it's still happening.

Anyone heard on if/when/how to fix?