Stupid fucking Vista

Wherein who is more fool the OS or the fool who follows the OS


So the laptop wakes up and decides not to work in the only way it is required -- access the internet from the comfort of bed. Takes forever to reboot and gives off this cryptic message: "Dependency service or group failed to start." This is mostly meaningless, though a few different fixes seem to work.

1. It's never been hooked up to a printer, so I'll hope it isn't the print spooler issue; or at least I won't start there.
   
   
2. Update Trend Micro? I don't have Trend Micro.
   
   
3. I disagree that a viable workaround "would be to statically configure your network settings (ip address/mask/gateway/dns/wins/etc.) for the network that you are connected to.."
   
   
4. cmd sfc/scannow ran after I figured out it had to be run as the administrator. Came up clean, though.
   
   
5. Since I'm still in as admin: (1) Type netsh winsock reset, and press Enter. Ignore error messages. (2) Type netsh int ip reset, and press Enter. (3) Restart computer. ...............Well, blow me. That worked.

Final score
Vista and the mysterious problem: 0
Fixing problem from a Mac: 1