Stop using Vista for a few years until it is released in a non-broken state. Go back to XP or whatever you were using.

Sorry for the lame answer but I have yet to hear from a single person who has it that Vista is anything but a huge problem.

More bloated M$ crippleware.

Edited by - conquistador on 5/15/2007 11:07:47 PM

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In fact, a quick check of Google does show that people have had DHCP issues with Vista. I'm not sure they are the same issue you're having, though.

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The funny thing is that it only seems to happen if I shut down and then restart. A restart usually doesn't cause it.

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You still might be onto something though.
Suppose his is like mine.
I've read more than once that MS didn't get the word out to the hardware people in time, and there are a lot of hardware incompatibilities... the hw people are slowly getting new drivers out.
What if he has a modem/router that Vista is not talking to correctly, upon booting up his machine? Possible?

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@willywilly - I don't believe the Siemens 4100 has routing built into it.

Edited by - hardware on 5/16/2007 12:23:27 AM

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But that's a new computer, right? With the NIC integrated in the motherboard?
I'd think that the computer manufacturer would be sure that their system worked with Vista before they sold it to you.

Other idea:
I wonder if Vista still has the ipconfig at the command line?
If so, you could try ipconfig /renew all
(try ipconfig /? first, to get brief help screen)

I'm wondering if doing that would wake it up.

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I'm up too late....
On second thought, what I said about drivers is off base anyway. It would be the NIC drivers that would be the problem, I doubt any driver is involved with the dsl modem.
Don't think I have anything like that either.... the NIC talks to the modem.

Edited by - willywilly on 5/16/2007 12:33:58 AM

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Anyway, when I mentioned Vista and drivers, I was referring to the built in NIC.

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PS - I'm saying router with the understanding that the router is also acting as the DCHP server. At any rate, it is the DHCP function that is the problem.

Edited by - hardware on 5/16/2007 12:49:59 AM

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Maybe this will help . Maybe a setting or box not checked
that should.

Lan Settings Video

Edited by - kukm4 on 5/17/2007 3:12:09 AM

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Thanks to all who tried to help.

Edit - I'm so happy! Now I can shut my PC down without the sense of dread I always felt about having to go through that BS when I started it back up!

But I'd like to beat whoever put that worthless driver on this machine viciously with a frozen fish.

Edited by - randomprecision on 5/16/2007 4:42:07 AM

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When you simply reboot your PC you are probably going through a renewal process, rather than the initial lease process. You can easily verify this by noting your IP address before and after a warm reboot. If they are the same then your PC has renewed its lease, rather than negotiated a new lease.

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I fixed the other problem by doing a complete reformat and reinstall of Vista. First time I've done that since I got it. It was time anyway, since I experimented with the factory install and installed and uninstalled all kinds of freeware. That seemed to clear up a lot of problems. Now, however, for whatever reason, I can't use Firefox. Before the reformat, Firefox worked even better than IE on this machine. Afterwards, I installed it, double clicked on it's icon and before it even really starts, I get a message that says "Firefox has stopped working". And then, I get the (useless) choice to check onlne for solutions or close the program. No matter which, the program just closes. If I try again, same deal. If I uninstall Firefox and reinstall, same deal. I tried my older version of FF and the newest one. both do the same thing. I'm pissed! I'm using Opera now in the meantime (Not because I particularly like it but because I like it better than IE) but I feel like I've lost my best friend. FF was the first browser I ever loved. Now what?

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1. Make sure to accept the default directory during the Firefox installation, and
2. do NOT set Firefox as the default browser.

Good luck.

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Edited by - randomprecision on 5/19/2007 6:12:24 AM

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I'm not sure which of these actions cleared up the problem, BTW but I figured I'd write it down in case anyone has a similar problem with FF and Vista.

Instead of doing the standard installation, I chose the custom install. There's a part where it has a box for "DOM inspector" and something else (Can't remember what). I unchecked both of those. Instead of letting it go ahead and install in "program files", I chose to install it in the root folder of C:

It now works.

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