So I installed the new version of AIM…. and at some point later, whoa I can’t get on my wireless connection.  My Vista machine was taking forever to open the networking utility and when i moused over the little icon it said “Connection Status Unknown” and on the next line “server failed”. 

After some messing around online I think I found a fix.

Right click “Computer”
Click “Manage”
Under the “System Tools” section, Double click “Local Users and Groups”
Click “Groups”
Right click “Administrators”
Click “Add to group…”
Click “Add”
Click “Advanced”
Click “Find Now”
Double click “Local Service”
Click “Ok”
“NT Authority\Local Service” should show up in the list now
Click “Ok”
Close Computer Management and reboot.