Technology & Life Related Musings

We had a recent Windows 7 upgrade that manifested a strange problem. At apparent random intervals the network would lose internet connectivity (but not report cable unplugged).

After trying the usual ‘re-install the drivers’ etc I eventually stumbled upon the below solution. It seems that IPV6 that was upsetting something.

Run the following in the command prompt one at a time:

netsh interface ipv6 6to4 set state disabled disabled
netsh interface ipv6 6to4 set routing disabled disabled
netsh interface ipv6 isatap set router default disabled
netsh interface ipv6 isatap set state disabled
netsh interface ipv6 set teredo disabled

Then untick IPV6 in the network properties:

I believe it’s the question on many a ‘XP user that managed to avoid the upgrade to the much slated Vista‘s lips.

I’ve recently taken the plunge and upgraded my aging Windows XP desktop to Windows 7, with mixed results.

The spec of the machine is as follows:

- Intel P4 3.20 GHz
- 2GB RAM
- NVIDIA Geforce 6200

Improvements

• Boot Time
• Shutdown Time
• Drivers (only had to source Linksys PCI wireless card driver)
• General UI (prettier, start menu improvements etc)
• Better Dual Monitor Support

Problems

• Aero struggles a little with animations
• Sometimes sluggish

As you can see my failings are all graphics based really, disabling some of the animations etc helped perk the system up a little.

It consumes about the same amount of system resources (unlike Vista..) and is generally better. In short, I’m pleased I upgraded.