Vista - No Internet from IE - Problems - Fix?

> Just a quick question, have you tried running IE 7 on your XP machines and
> does it work normally also?
>
> Clark
>
> "Greg Reid" <Greid22NOSPUUM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:12j4b4aabeh1o34@corp.supernews.com...

>> Evidentily a lot of people are experiencing interent problems with Vista
>> RC1, including me. When trying to go to sites, the magority of them time
>> out by URL or IP.
>>
>> All of my settings are correct or (dumbed down) in Vista. IPv4 has static
>> entries. Firewall off. Security set to low. Blockers, virus prgms etc
>> disabled. IPv6 disabled on NIC. MTU set to 1452. TCP Recieve Window set
>> to 32767.
>>
>> All of my other connected XP and W2K computers get to the internet with
>> no problems, thereby elimintating router, dsl issues. I know it also has
>> nothing to do with switch port.
>>
>> Things I've tried besides the obvious type stuff listed above.
>> 1. Since Vista automatically tunes interface settings, I disabled that
>> function by running the command: netsh int tcp set global
>> autotuninglevel=disabled. Then I manually set the MTU and TCP Recieve
>> Window in the registry since DrTCP and Vista are incompatible.
>>
>> What I've learned.
>> The latest available Vista build has a bug where it tanks when coming
>> across SPI (stateful packet inspection) in some routers. Which is why
>> this problem is only affecting some people.
>> Disabling SPI in my Cisco 837 leaves too much of a vunerability, so
>> that's not an option. Leaving me with having to uninstall Vista and go
>> back to XP. I haven't heard anyone say if RC2 corrects this problem. Now
>> that MS has pulled RC2, maybe they would consider making it available
>> again if it does indeed fix the internet problem.
>>
>> My questions are, is there currently a known fix, workaround or some kind
>> of voodo that will make the internet go? Because frankly, a problem of
>> this magnitude should not be showing up in a RC.
>>

>

>I haven't tried that. However, I did use IE7 on XP several months ago when
>it was still real buggy. It had no problems with the internet.
>
> Funny thing is, an MVP in another group said RC2 fixes the problem. So
> what does MS do, pulls it!
>
> I've just about had it with Microsoft's crap. Between the freezes,
> incompatibilities and internet problems, how in the world can they call
> the OS a RC? This stuff should have been addressed and fixed in the Beta
> versions. Computers are supposed to make our lives easier, not make us
> spend endless days and nights trying to find fixes and workarounds. I
> understand there will always be problems in RC's for any software, but not
> problems of Vista's magnitude.
>
> The Mac is looking better and better every day.
>
> "Clark" <who@whoknows.com> wrote in message
> news:EE26A4AA-708D-4891-883C-E7A8CEE0BFA9@microsoft.com...

>> Just a quick question, have you tried running IE 7 on your XP machines
>> and does it work normally also?
>>
>> Clark
>>
>> "Greg Reid" <Greid22NOSPUUM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:12j4b4aabeh1o34@corp.supernews.com...

>>> Evidentily a lot of people are experiencing interent problems with Vista
>>> RC1, including me. When trying to go to sites, the magority of them time
>>> out by URL or IP.
>>>
>>> All of my settings are correct or (dumbed down) in Vista. IPv4 has
>>> static entries. Firewall off. Security set to low. Blockers, virus prgms
>>> etc disabled. IPv6 disabled on NIC. MTU set to 1452. TCP Recieve Window
>>> set to 32767.
>>>
>>> All of my other connected XP and W2K computers get to the internet with
>>> no problems, thereby elimintating router, dsl issues. I know it also has
>>> nothing to do with switch port.
>>>
>>> Things I've tried besides the obvious type stuff listed above.
>>> 1. Since Vista automatically tunes interface settings, I disabled that
>>> function by running the command: netsh int tcp set global
>>> autotuninglevel=disabled. Then I manually set the MTU and TCP Recieve
>>> Window in the registry since DrTCP and Vista are incompatible.
>>>
>>> What I've learned.
>>> The latest available Vista build has a bug where it tanks when coming
>>> across SPI (stateful packet inspection) in some routers. Which is why
>>> this problem is only affecting some people.
>>> Disabling SPI in my Cisco 837 leaves too much of a vunerability, so
>>> that's not an option. Leaving me with having to uninstall Vista and go
>>> back to XP. I haven't heard anyone say if RC2 corrects this problem. Now
>>> that MS has pulled RC2, maybe they would consider making it available
>>> again if it does indeed fix the internet problem.
>>>
>>> My questions are, is there currently a known fix, workaround or some
>>> kind of voodo that will make the internet go? Because frankly, a
>>> problem of this magnitude should not be showing up in a RC.
>>>

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