Vista hangs when connecting to a network

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"tim" <tim> wrote in message news:DC575371-43F0-4115-A4C2-767E4CF56D51@microsoft.com...
> My dad had the same problem. He then replaced his network card with a simple
> one and it worked fine. Give it a go.
>
> Tim
>
> "Azin" wrote:
>
>>
>> those working with PC's and networks have you ever heard of a problem
>> like this, it's a real strange one:
>>
>> If I startup the PC with the ethernet cable into the onboard (gigabyte)
>> network card then vista will hang when those little bars are going
>> across the screen (Isn't that the stage where the OS is loading up
>> drivers and things?). it will do this all day long with the cable
>> plugged in. To get the OS to boot I have to remove cable, switch off PC
>> at the power supply and also unplug. Then when i restart it will work
>> fine.
>>
>> May be worth mentioning that the cable is coming from a D link DI 624
>> wireless router, although as said, i'm using a cable from said router.
>> I've checked as much as I know about on the router config screen. MAC
>> address filtering is disbled, besides I cloned my network cards MAC
>> address to the router already (thought router may still be looking for
>> the network card on my old PC). I've run the wizard too, rebooted the
>> router.