Broadband/Vista Problem.

My trusty Toshiba laptop packed in last week,so on Tuesday I purchased a new Compaq laptop.
The Toshiba was WindowsXP,the Compaq is of course Vista.
Im' using Orange broadband with an USB modem and have loaded the Orange software-the only problem I am having is I have to restart the PC every time I want to go on the internet ie.if I log off the internet and put the laptop into sleep or hibernation mode I cannot connect back on the Internet and have to re-boot the machine.I have asked Orange for another installation disk to see if will this solve the problem.
Any ideas anyone?.

I spent a total of about 4 hours on the phone to help lines, in the end took mine into the shop for them to sort out.

Ditch the usb and Orange software and get
a proper ethernet router.

I'm having MASSIVE problems with mine, haven't been able to use my PC at home for a month now,

I'm being sent a new router but I know that won't work, something's messed up,

Ditch Orange, and if you need mobile broadband go for Vodafone.

Change all the power saving settings to off or maximum performance and instead of hibernating shut it down.

Originally Posted by Nev

Ditch the usb and Orange software and get
a proper ethernet router.

Thats what I would do.