Networking on vista. no ip address aquired.

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> "Adriano" <Adriano@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F41F5B86-C0A9-4220-8D56-08D16C5948B4@microsoft.com...
> my friend has an hp laptop with windows vista. i went through the whole list
> of networking fixes with her and none of them worked. the one involving
> regedit, the battery saving ones, all of them. her laptop did work for a
> short period of time at my house, but not at her and not when she initially
> brought it here. are there any new fixes to try for a problem where the
> computer can see other computers on the network but the internet. (local only
> in network and sharing centre)

> my friend has an hp laptop with windows vista. i went through the whole
> list
> of networking fixes with her and none of them worked. the one involving
> regedit, the battery saving ones, all of them. her laptop did work for a
> short period of time at my house, but not at her and not when she
> initially
> brought it here. are there any new fixes to try for a problem where the
> computer can see other computers on the network but the internet. (local
> only
> in network and sharing centre)