Brand New HP Laptop -- with vista.

Parker · July 2009

So, I ordered myself a brand new HP laptop with Windows Vista. I've been fiddling with it all day and I just cannot get the internet to work -- has anyone else had this problem with hp and/or vista? I've never had either before so this is all new to me, but I'm getting really angry that I can't find a way to fix the internet. I've been googling solutions all day. :[

lovefrompaige · July 2009

I HATE Vista. :x Thats what I have now and I can't do ANYTHING with it. . . I can't download fonts, I can barely download brushes, its constantly scanning things, it quits on you a lot, and yes, internet goes down too much. :evil: I have FireFox, AOL, and Internet Explorer. I personally use FireFox cause w/ IE is sooooo slow. And AOL has too many pop ups. The computer is really advanced and has so many gadjets and tools, its kinda a handful. So my opinion, I hate it. How do you not have internet if you on now? >.> ((Dumb question)) lol

Parker · July 2009

The internet works on my two desktops and old laptops, I just can't configure it to work on the new one. :[ All the old computers have XP, but the stupid new one has Vista. I don't know if it's even vista causing the problem. D;

lovefrompaige · July 2009

My internet wouldn't work until I hooked up my high speed to it. Does it already have that high speed box ((I forgot the name of it))

SirPopcorn · July 2009

>.> I have a HP Pavilion dv5 with vista and have absolutley no problems with it! i love it! are you trying to connect to wireless or cable? we only had issues with connecting my laptop to the family network.. and printers.. but that was it!

Parker · July 2009

I'm trying to connect it to my already exsisting wireless network, and it says it's connected, but the only page it'll load is google & yahoo. It'll search them, too, but when you go to click one of the links like "virtualpups.com" it pretends like it's gonna load and then minutes and minutes later it still hasn't loaded. So idk, maybe the internet does work, just not all the way? It's the weirdest problem I've ever had with internet connections -- usually it all works or none of it works. :[

SirPopcorn · July 2009

hmm.. i have no idea then.. never heard of something like that happening.. oh wait we had that happen at school but the network have a couple of hundred computers connected :S i can't remember how they fixed it..

lovefrompaige · July 2009

My grandma's laptop was like that and I think she said that she was out of range or something. . . Like you can only be so far away. . . Idk. I sorreh, I wish I could help.

Parker · July 2009

I can't possibly be too far away from the router -- this laptop is connected to the internet just fine and it's right next to the new one. xD

lovefrompaige · July 2009

lol Then I don't know. . . >.> I sorreh

Parker · July 2009

Fixed it.. for the time being anyway. xD It was my wifi security that was messing things up so.. I just disabled it all together for now. xD

Berton · July 2009

Wheaty has vista I have no issues with it

But thats just me xD

BuffyBoarding · July 2009

My mom just ordered 3 new computers for a new total of 6 in our house. My computer guy always has to come fix one of them for some reason or another. Personally i hate vista i think it's terrible. For an -non computer person- like me, my computer guy tells me to just direct connect when the computer is acting dumb, which is sticking the -usually yellow or green- cable that runs to your router into the laptop and then connecting. then you can remove it and put it back in the router. Usually works for me.

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Brand New HP Laptop -- with vista.

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