Resolved Icons show connected by LAN but no browser

I am on a Vista Home premium and have checked my network connection and the icon at the bottom right shows connected local and internet. But when I try to open a browser, page can't be displayed. In Internet options, I set the computer to auto detect lan settings and never dial a connection. What am I missing???? Thanks...

 

Hi geno368, I have the Icon in Taskbar and if I click on the Icon a window opens with General - Support. Click on support and try repair. Cheers Neil.

 

If what is suggested by retiredlearner fails, open a command prompt & type ipconfig /all <enter>. Cut & paste the output here.

 

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Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Tim>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Tim-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : launchmodem.com

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : launchmodem.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet
NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1E-90-28-FA-75
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::8c8:f92f:4cc8:e2ff%10(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.81(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, August 08, 2010 4:33:38 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, August 09, 2010 4:33:39 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 251665337
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-0D-2A-81-40-00-1B-B9-D6-EE-3C

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
192.168.1.254
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : launchmodem.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.launchmodem.com
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 14:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e76:3cba:26b9:3f57:feae(Pref
erred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::3cba:26b9:3f57:feae%11(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\Users\Tim>ping 192.168.1.81

Pinging 192.168.1.81 with 32 bytes of data:
General failure.
General failure.
General failure.
General failure.

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.81:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

C:\Users\Tim>ping 192.168.1.254

Pinging 192.168.1.254 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.254: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.254: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.254: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.254: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.254:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 2ms, Maximum = 9ms, Average = 3ms

C:\Users\Tim>ping 74.2125.45.100
Ping request could not find host 74.2125.45.100. Please check the name and try a
gain.

C:\Users\Tim>

 

Try pinging 208.67.222.222

Its OpenDNS DNS IP. If you could ping that, try to ping opendns.com. If you can't ping opendns.com, then I assume that there is problem with your DNS server or DNS entries are not correct. Would take it again from there.

 

I found that I had some corrupt files, so I did a repair install and fixed the error. Thank you for your help...