My local public library has a hotspot. I have obtained a new notebook computer with Vista Home Basic on it which I have since upgraded to the Business version. My older notebook with XP pro sp2 has no problems accessing the web from this hotspot. The Vista notebook in contrast won't acquire an ip address from the hotspot.To get the ip address the ISP provider says that I first must open an IE window which then automatically takes me to their hotspot signon webpage where I click on the guest button. After doing that I am assigned an IP address by their server. The problem is that my Vista computer will not display their login webpage and allow me to obtain an IP address.The Network & Sharing Center does show me as being connected to the hotspot but not the internet. Also this is an open network not using any encryption.Does anyone know why XP works properly and Vista doesn't and how to fix the problem?

See if this helps... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233 Good luck...