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				 Re: OT: Annoying Vista Laptop and network 
 Try manually assigning the IP address.  I had a similar problem with my Vista desktop (before I converted it to a Linux desktop); for whatever reason, it kept automatically taking an IP address that wasn't actually on my house network - which, for obvious reasons, didn't work through the NAT. 
				__________________Of course, by the time I finish this post, it will already be obsolete.  C'est la vie.
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