Vista System restore

System restore wont affect your pc performance wise, it just reverts to an earlier time, removing any faults/ system changes etc.

Though i dont see why you would want to do it very often unless your pc is b0rked :/
 
Gigi said:
System restore wont affect your pc performance wise, it just reverts to an earlier time, removing any faults/ system changes etc.

Though i dont see why you would want to do it very often unless your pc is b0rked :/
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True its not borked but see the problem Here
 
the system restore in vista is great as its the same one as in server 2003, but its known in that as system volume shadow. I would never use system restore in windows xp/me as its made a mess of your hdd, but in vista it reghosts the system to that time (no need for norton ghost).

I not tried it myself but I have been informed that you can copy/use the restore images as virtual machines images.

as for the question itself, no it can't harm your system or performance, but if you have to do it on a regular bases to resolve the same issue but would be better in time wise to find the solution to the issue.
 
slinxy said:
but if you have to do it on a regular bases to resolve the same issue but would be better in time wise to find the solution to the issue.
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Good point (will start googleing see what I can find) thanks for all your help guys...
 
Hmm, this looks like a bug I also have (which I have been told is not a bug!!!). The way to get your internet back is to do the follow, no system restore needed or reboot!

1 Open task manager and click on "services" tab
2 Click "services" button
3 In the services menu, locate the service "network connectivity"
4 Stop the service
5 Start the service
6 Try your browser.

Good luck, it works for me! Although, reading your post again, it may not quite be the same bug. It may still work.
 
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howiepoohs said:
Hmm, this looks like a bug I also have (which I have been told is not a bug!!!). The way to get your internet back is to do the follow, no system restore needed or reboot!

1 Open task manager and click on "services" tab
2 Click "services" button
3 In the services menu, locate the service "network connectivity"
4 Stop the service
5 Start the service
6 Try your browser.

Good luck, it works for me! Although, reading your post again, it may not quite be the same bug. It may still work.
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Hmmmm this could work I will try it next time!!
 
slinxy said:
you guys aint running any firewall software apart from the vista one?
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No, this bug is not firewall related, at least mine isn't. My first though was that, so disable windows firewall. No change, the only way I could get my internet back was to reboot. Later I found that stopping then starting that service resolved the issue for another day or so, until I rebooted again and left it on for more than 5-10 hours.

Not driver or NIC hardware related as these have been changed with different makes and models ( I have loads of NICs laying around!).
 
this just sound like an interesting issue (for once), does it come up in services as stopped or does it say its still running? are you running your connection via LAN or wifi?

The two service that works of network connection service is, the windows firewall (can't be thats from what you told me) and the internet connection sharing service - it might be worth trying to restart that to test...

ip v6 is very flaking in some setups (I'm M$ certified but use a mac mainly :D , so I not using vista, but server 2K3 and XP) it can cause buffering issues; by restarting network connections it clear the buffer, try disabling ipv6 and using ipv4 only - google for how to....
 
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Although I am not Microsoft Certified, I have been building computers since 1980 and PCs for 13 years, I build or repair the odd PC about once or twice a month. I have spent quite a bit of time on trying to resolve this issue and thus far a full resolution eludes me.

The ipv6 issue is not relevant here. It makes no odds if I remove this protocol or any of the other unrequired protocols, the issue remains. I am running a simple LAN set-up, cable modem connected via ethernet cabling. I do also have a 2nd pc connected via a second NIC, but this machine is rarly on, certainly not so when this issue occurs, or having been on before the stop.

The "Network Connectivity" sevice is running and interestingly enough, already established IP connections continue to function, e.g. peers. I do lose trackers though. It is only when one tries to establish a new connection, browse the web, I dont really use MSN, but I guess that wont work either as I cant connect to smtp or pop.
I have set my NIC never to sleep. I have adjusted all the power options to my needs in Vista.
The solution was to close all open programs and reboot, far from ideal. After a little tinkering, I found stopping(not restarting) network connectivity service and then starting it again, restored my access to the web and precluded the need to reboot. This would generally fix the issue until I have to reboot for whatever reason, then the cycle begins....

I was blaming p2p for the issue, until one day, I inadvertently left the PC on, no programs running, came home from work, to find I had lost connectivity once more, the usual stop/start service did the trick. The plot thickens.

I have had Vista RTM since Jan 23 and had this issue from the start. The above is the only work around I have found. I have found others who have experiened this issue since the Betas and posted my fix to them. Nothing seems to be in common in the set-up, and this install of Vista is about my 10th go, as I have been plagued with some nasty issues, like exploading psu's corrupting BIOS chips, dodgy ram sticks causing issues, good ram sticks causing issues, crap Mobos(due to panic and no availibility of 939 agp boards), swapped and then swapped again until I was back to my original board, which Abit swapped foc. Phew, it has been a Windows experience all right this year so far!
 
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Like previously said this does sound like a very interesting.

howiepoohs said:
I am running a simple LAN set-up, cable modem connected via ethernet cabling. I do also have a 2nd pc connected via a second NIC.............
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are you bridging the connection, using internet connection sharing or neither?
whos your isp? and I take it, it works fine on xp. I would also assume from your prevs post that you have just tried it without a 2nd nic in the machine altogether?

The issue of IPv6 buffering, seems to be causing major issues on a daily bases to our customers, thats the only reason why I suggested to try it, but if its been done; it can't be that. No one in the office has come across this issue before or at least recognised as the same issue as this.

Do you get any error/warning messages in event viewer reguarding any network protocols?

It sounds painful; but the more info given the more I can at least try to help or pass the information to microsoft themselves to see what they say about it.
 
No to NOD 32

Yes I has ICS on, but no network bridge when I restart service, ICS also restarts.

Virgin Media, nee NTL is my ISP, Via a cable modem (not stb)
No errors or warnings, other than lose ability to create new connections. I do get error in event log which related to TCP/IP about too many connections, but I forget the exact details I think it was 5224 or similar, it was a while since I found my resolution, so have not been fiddling with this for a few months. I am at work now so cant check the event log, but the issue has not plagued for a few days as I have been shutting it down at night.
 
Have you tried just restarting ICS service to see if its works alone without restarting NC service? as you said ICS restarts at the same time as the NC service, but it will tell us if the issue is located to ICS alone.

I not been on NTL for years, and when I was; I was using a router....whats the ip address of the machine your having the issue with? as when you setup ICS is on your ip address is 192.168.0.1, but with NTL/Virgin modem plugged in to the machine you get an ip address in the 89/90.x.x.x range.

I been looking into my emails, I have come across an issue that microsoft are looking into about a security update that been causing connection issues on OEM builds and with yours being RTM, it can be affected. I emailed them back to see if the issue is intermittent or not, and still awaiting reply with the full detils.
 
Hi, I have not tried restarting ICS alone, will do so next time, to see what happens. I do recall my 2nd pc still being able to browse while the first PC had the issue. I have OEM RTM from overclockers, hence no support from Microsoft.

I am an ex-service analyst from NTL and I used to do tech support for stb's and cable modems among other things, so I know how NTL is set-up and which IP addresses I should have. It 8x.xxx.xxx.xx or similar, as I said, I do not have a router, its direct to the cable modem. It is a valid IP address for NTL. Of course, NTL do not support Vista, but only because they dont have any compatible software (Broadband Medic) (which is awful and you would be mad to install it anyway), also there are no Vista drivers for USB, which I would not touch with a barge pole.

Ok lunchtime, the error is:

4226 TCP/IP has reached the security limit imposed on the number of concurrent TCP connect attempts.
 
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