Vista was the first Windows OS to deploy with the "broadcast flag" enabled (long articles what it is, what trouble it caused and more on the web) so forget WiFi for a bit and let the machine fetch all Windows Updates over Ethernet (wired) and see if your router firmware is current.
I do not want to explain this flag here. It's rather overdone so I'll refuse to duplicate all that (so many balked and had to be dragged to the well) and head to what I used to fix it.
In short, router firmware shall be current, use Ethernet until that is done and you still have the old PC issue. It could be broekn.
Hi all!
I have an old laptop (about 10 years old) which I have reset and installed back its original Window Vista SP2. The wifi was working and I installed Firefox and Chome and left it alone for about a month. Now when I turned it on again I can't connect to the internet. I have no anti-virus and Firewall is Off.
I can connect it to my home router but it says "unidentified network" and keeps jumping between "Access: Local only" and "Access: Limited Connectivity". Chrome says "Dns_probe_no_internet" while Firefox says "Server not found"
I'm confident it's not my router problem as my other 2 laptops and phones have no problem connecting to the internet.
I have tried the following failed troubleshoots:
1: ping (my ip address) ----> received 2, lost 2, 50% lost
ping google.com -----> 100% lost
Switched IPv4 and IPv6 to obtain address automatically
2: ipconfig/ release
ipconfig/ renew
*restarts com*
3: ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /registerdns
*restarts com*
4: netsh winsock reset
*restarts com*
Here's my "ipconfig/all" result in case it's needed
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C:\Windows\system32>ipconfig/all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Goon-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : singnet.com.sg
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : singnet.com.sg
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR5007EG Wireless Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1E-4C-5B-9E-E1
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::9cdc:b068:e881:217f%15(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.5(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, 6 May, 2017 2:28:36 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, 6 May, 2017 6:40:33 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 184557132
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1A-EE-2F-98-00-1D-72-17-78-EA
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1D-72-17-78-EA
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{38FEFB79-B87B-498F-B16D-703710542
59E}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : singnet.com.sg
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.singnet.com.sg
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
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THANK YOU!!!!

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