Here's another WTF that Vista threw at me today.  I had to come home early today and decided to work the rest of the day from home.  Now, because I can't undock my laptop because Vista freezes, before I leave each day, I put it to "sleep".  So, first thing I needed to do before I could resume working was to connect to my works VPN.  Now, normally this is not an issue, but sometime (I'd say every 1 out of 4 times) Vista displays "This connection requires an active Internet connection" in the "Connect to a Network" dialog even though, directly below it, it clearly shows that I'm connected via my wireless connection. 



To get around this, simple do the following:

Click on the "Set up a connection or network" link on the above dialog box.



Scroll down the list of connection options and select "Connect to a workplace".



Choose "Yes, I'll choose an existing connection" on the next screen and Vista will connect to the VPN.

Not sure why this happens but I've seen it enough times to warrant this post.