Don't install recommened driver for a Network adapter  

Haha, it was not really a diagnostic. Just a caveat.

Besides from this problem, 7 has been awesome. Installed it on the my new system I just built cause I didn't want to pay for anything else!

Night Hawk said:

Until July you will still have time to try out both RCs while they are available for download. Most are running the 64bit 7 since even the Vista 64bit updates will work on 7. But I'll be taking a look to see if knocking out the drivers for the nic card solves the problem of adding on a router. Seems like a good find there!

Nice! I hope that fixes the problem!

zeppoleon said:

Hey guys, I just wanna let you know that if you have a "Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)" don't install the driver recommended by windows update. It will disconnect you from the internet. I tried W7 troubleshoot option, but it could not solve the problem. So I just rolled back to my old driver, and my connection was fine again. Just letting you know.

I have already mentioned this problem in this forum, There were no fixes for it though by the looks of it.

Charles Kane said:

I installed it.
Everything is fine.

I think what you really wanted to say is "I had a bad experience installing etc"
To come out and say "Don't install" on the strength of one instance is a bit overheated.

Thats interesting, The update does not work on my system either, I use the driver from the Realtek site and it works fine.

I had a similar problem with a Realtek RTL8168B/8111C NIC

The recomended updated driver is from June 2007 which is an earlier driver then the one that is installed by Windows 7 RC1 which is from 2008

I only noticed a problem with it when I connected a 10/100 router & could only connect at 10 megabit & not 100 megabit

I downloaded an updated driver from Realtek from 2009 but when I tried to update the driver windows refused to install the driver saying that the current driver was the correct one or words to that effect

I got around the problem by overwriting the Realtek driver in the windows/system32 folder with the updated one & I was able to connect to the router at 100 megabit

I later realised that the original driver installed by windows 7 had been updated & when I rolled back to the original driver I was then able to update the driver with an even later driver specifically for windows 7

Windows update still has the 2007 driver as an optional update for the Realtek NIC

Rolond said:

I had a similar problem with a Realtek RTL8168B/8111C NIC

The recomended updated driver is from June 2007 which is an earlier driver then the one that is installed by Windows 7 RC1 which is from 2008

I only noticed a problem with it when I connected a 10/100 router & could only connect at 10 megabit & not 100 megabit

I downloaded an updated driver from Realtek from 2009 but when I tried to update the driver windows refused to install the driver saying that the current driver was the correct one or words to that effect

I got around the problem by overwriting the Realtek driver in the windows/system32 folder with the updated one & I was able to connect to the router at 100 megabit

I later realised that the original driver installed by windows 7 had been updated & when I rolled back to the original driver I was then able to update the driver with an even later driver specifically for windows 7

Windows update still has the 2007 driver as an optional update for the Realtek NIC

Pretty similar to me, But I get no connection at all with the 2007 driver.

Charles Kane said:

I installed it.
Everything is fine.

I think what you really wanted to say is "I had a bad experience installing etc"
To come out and say "Don't install" on the strength of one instance is a bit overheated.

My mistake, I will make that more clear in the OP