Is your new system running vista? When you get "Limited or No Connectivity" , Go to Start -- Run -- CMD -- type
ipconfig /renew and hit enter. Check what message you get. If you get Access Denied, run command prompt as administrator (For Vista).
You failed to mention if you have an encryption key on your wireless router. If so, then it's doing exactly what it supposed to do. Without giving your new laptop the encryption key...no access.
As you have other systems working fine with the wireless network, it shouldnt be a problem with encryption. If WEP is used, make sure we are using 5,10,13 or 26 characters as the total number of digits in the network key. This can also be a Winsock issue. This is why i asked you to perform ipconfig/renew in command prompt. Start -- Run -- cmd -- It brings up the command prompt window. Type ipconfig/renew and hit Enter. Make a note of the message.
As you do not have access to internet anymore, follow the steps below from microsoft site to fix the issue manually.
To clear Winsock settings, perform the following steps:
1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and click OK. The Registry Editor window appears.
2. Click the plus to the left of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
3. Click the plus to the left of SYSTEM.
4. Click the plus to the left of CurrentControlSet.
5. Click the plus to the left of Services.
6. Right-click Winsock and click Export. The Export Registry File appears.
7. Save the file in My Documents as Winsock.reg.
8. Right-click Winsock and click Delete. The Confirm Key Delete window appears.
9. Click Yes.
10. Right-click Winsock2 and click Export. The Export Registry File appears.
11. Save the file in My Documents as winsock2.reg.
12. Right-click Winsock2 and click Delete. The Confirm Key Delete window appears.
13. Click Yes.
14. Restart the system.
To reset Winsock and TCP/IP settings, perform the following steps:
1. When the system has finished restarting, click Start, Control Panel. The Control Panel window appears.
2. Double-click Network and Dial-up Connections.
3. Right-click a Network Connection and click Properties. The Network Connection Properties window appears.
4. Click the General tab and click Install. The Select Network Component Type window appears.
5. Click Protocol and click Add.
6. The Select Network Protocol window appears.
7. Click Have Disk. The Install From Disk window appears.
8. Click Browse. The Locate File window appears.
9. Click Desktop, double-click My Computer, double-click Local Disk (C, and double-click Windows (or Winnt).
10. Type INF in the File name and click Open.
11. Click Open again.
12. The Install From Disk window appears.
13. Click OK.
14. Click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click OK.
15. The Network Connection Properties window appears.
16. Click Close.
17. Restart the system.
18. Click Start, click Run, type netsh int ip reset delllog.txt, and click OK.
I wanted to spark a thought. I have talked with people who have these problems with NEW computers and have forgotten the neighbor IT guy helped set up their wireless network. Little did they know that it was keyed for them and the encryption key was placed on all the existing machines - which is why they all work fine.
For what it's worth, I would hope that a NEW computer did not have
winsock errors so soon out of the box. So you'd better get that checked out first.
In your Control Panel, open Network Connections, double-click Wireless Network Connection.
Select View Wireless Networks.
Detected wireless networks are listed by their "ssid"
Each will list 'secured' or 'unsecured'
If there are more than one network in range. Check the working computers wireless network connections and see which one it is "connected" to.
If it is an 'unsecured' network, select the same ssid on your computer and click the 'connect' button. If it is a 'secured' network access point you will need the network key to connect.
check it out, i have the network key and I try to connect to our home server and it then comes up with the error,, I think it might be a problem getting a good IP(aqquriring and address for like 5 mins b4 error comes up), IDK tho
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To clear Winsock settings, perform the following steps:
1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and click OK.
The Registry Editor window appears.
2. Click the plus to the left of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
3. Click the plus to the left of SYSTEM.
4. Click the plus to the left of CurrentControlSet.
5. Click the plus to the left of Services.
6. Right-click Winsock and click Export.
The Export Registry File appears.
7. Save the file in My Documents as Winsock.reg.
8. Right-click Winsock and click Delete.
The Confirm Key Delete window appears.
9. Click Yes.
10. Right-click Winsock2 and click Export.
The Export Registry File appears.
11. Save the file in My Documents as winsock2.reg.
12. Right-click Winsock2 and click Delete.
The Confirm Key Delete window appears.
13. Click Yes.
14. Restart the system.
To reset Winsock and TCP/IP settings, perform the following steps:
1. When the system has finished restarting, click Start, Control Panel.
The Control Panel window appears.
2. Double-click Network and Dial-up Connections.
3. Right-click a Network Connection and click Properties.
The Network Connection Properties window appears.
4. Click the General tab and click Install.
The Select Network Component Type window appears.
5. Click Protocol and click Add.
6. The Select Network Protocol window appears.
7. Click Have Disk.
The Install From Disk window appears.
8. Click Browse.
The Locate File window appears.
9. Click Desktop, double-click My Computer, double-click Local Disk (C
, and double-click Windows (or Winnt).
10. Type INF in the File name and click Open.
11. Click Open again.
12. The Install From Disk window appears.
13. Click OK.
14. Click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click OK.
15. The Network Connection Properties window appears.
16. Click Close.
17. Restart the system.
18. Click Start, click Run, type netsh int ip reset delllog.txt, and click OK.
Rgds
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