i have a dell inspiron E1505, vista

i am using a usb 2.0 wired netork adapter to hook up to my xbox

it looks like this:

xbox 360<crossover cable>laptop<ethernet cable>wall

how can i get my laptop to give the internet connection to my 360
because it says local only for my Local Area Connection 2

Well it seems like my computer view has changed, and I can’t get it back to how it used to be!
Before this change it looked like the normal view, about like this;

And now it looks like this;

Any way to get it back to how it used to be? Thank you

also; I tried "reset folders" in the folder options, nothing happened.

hi all, i have vista troubles and would appreciate your help. i’ll put up all the info:

i just installed vista home premium 64 (OEM) on a new gaming system. i can access my local network normally (file copies, etc), but i can’t access web pages (thru IE or firefox). oddly, i can connect to the steam gaming services, ie log into steam, update games, even join net games. after i do that, the tray icon shows "local and internet", where it was "local only" before.

the addresses are the 10.0.0.xx kind.

i’ve tried the diagnose function, but no help there. the rest of the systems on the network (wired and wireless) can get on the net, they are all XP systems. my firewall is off, net security is on medium (lowest setting on the slider). i’ve tried disabling net 6.0, no luck. tried the vista update but it wouldn’t connect. my nvidia network drivers are the latest.

i’ve tried restarting the routers and my system a few times, tried disconnecting the ADSL access (to isp) and reconnecting, tried ipconfig /release/renew. release returned "that operation requires elevation".. or whatever…

my network goes like so:

phoneline on wall
to
ADSL router (alcatel speedtouch pro) - DNS and DHCP srvrs running here
to
d-link DI-524 airplus-g
to
- 3 wireless xp lappys
- 1 xp desktop
- my vista desktop (wired)

ipconfig shows that it’s found the correct gateway - the 10.0.0.xx address of the speedtouch.

i noticed an odd route in the speedtouch’s route table:

Destination Source Gateway
default 10.0.0.25/0 [our isp assigned net address]

25 is the local address of my machine… no other systems on the network have routes in the table matching this one.

(if it’s at all relevant…)
my system specs are:
VISTA home premium 64, straight off the CD
EVGA nforce680i (with dual gigabit lan - tried each port, same results)
EVGA GTX8800
4GB crucial ballistix ram
2x WD 400gb - raid 0
intel Q6600 quad
ASUS 1814BLT lightscribe DVD (currently causing BSODs after win logo when booting… hard to update the firmware when it won’t even boot!!)

so yeah… seems like something to do with vista’s setup, since i can access steam! i’m at the edge of my knowledge here, any suggestions?

i have a laptop with windows vista basic. when i burn any kind of file, jpeg, avi, btmp, etc. to a cd (or put it on a flash drive,) and then try to open it on my desktop (which is an xp) the drive or cd opens but its blank, like i never burnt the files to the cd / flash drive. is this because vista is newer and has more advanced properties that xp cant read or do i just need to change some settings?

Hello well we are trying to setup our first Vista Machine on our network
server is Server 2003 No Domain its just setup as a Workgroup, the Vista machine obtains an IP from the Router and can access the internet BUT it cant see any of the other machines in the workgroup when I start the network assistant it says it will now search for network components and nothing ever happens, I can ping other machines from it and can ping it from other machines its just not showing up in the workgroup, firewall is turned off
any suggestions would be appreciated
David

We have two computers on our network one with Vista, the other with XP.
They have been networked but we are unable to view/edit files on the other computer due to permissions. Please can you help, this is becoming a right nightmare!!!

Ok I am getting a memory management and a blue screen of death with crash dump, anyone have any ideas how to trouble shoot this,
I thought it meant my memory even changed and bought new memory after calling MSI to verify what memory ect to use, the memory works great in other machine with no trouble, so know wonder if its not some kind driver problem ect, I have no clue on how to begin to trouble shoot this even in safe mode some times gets this.

Hello and good evening! I just put together a new computer, installed raid 0 on windows xp home then upgraded to Home Premium (done before with same disks on old system) I am encountering a few problems;

1. Windows says I have to buy a new cd key and that mine is already in use (well yeah, i know that)… Why do I have too when I already own it??!

2. I installed 8Gb of RAM but Vista is only recongizing 3.25Gb of it.

I am deployed to Korea at the moment so a lot of official channels are unnavialable to me. So any help will be very appreiciated!

PC Specs:

Asus P5K Delux wifi mobo
Intel Q6600 2.4 quad core cpu
4 2gb OCZ DDR2800 RAM
2 10,000rpm 150gb Raptors (raid 0)
nvidia 8600GT

I just upgraded from XP, the installation went ok, however I need to reload some of my programs. Vista tells me that I am not the administrator, however if you look at my profile it says administrator. Any Ideas?? This is a single user computer.

Since my wireless internet connection is weird, I need a hotfix from microsoft, however, they are asking for "KB Article Number", which I have no idea what is. I usually google around to find out what it is, but I’ve been doing it endlessly, and I still can’t find what it is, or how I find it on vista. Anyone, help?