Vista Bug: Cannot Connect to All Web Sites

Contributor Icon Contributed by Hack_Vista Date Icon October 12, 2006  
Tag Icon Tagged: Microsoft Vista

A few network devices do not work correctly with Vista. This bug shows up on a system when a user can connect to some sites but not others. Frequently, this bug can be fixed by following these steps…


When a user experiences this bug, the user can connect to some web sites but not to others.

The first thing to do is to try upgrading your network drivers. If that does not work, this frequently does.

1. win-key+R to open the run box
2. Type devmgmt.msc and hit ENTER
3. You may have to confirm the UAC
4. Expand Network Adapters
5. Right Click your NIC device
6. Click Properties
7. Click on the Advanced tab
8. Select IPv4 Checksum Offload
9. Set the value to Disabled
10. Click OK
11. You may need to reboot

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