[Bug 26759] SIV (System Information Viewer) wants Vista+ connect.dll 'IsInternetConnected' for Internet accessibility check

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26759

Anastasius Focht  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|REOPENED                    |NEW
                 CC|                            |[e-mail]
            Summary|Unimplemented connect.dll   |SIV (System Information
                   |                            |Viewer) wants Vista+
                   |                            |connect.dll
                   |                            |'IsInternetConnected' for
                   |                            |Internet accessibility
                   |                            |check

--- Comment #15 from Anastasius Focht  ---
Hello folks,

refining summary to target the actual app.

Since it's a Vista+ API how is this supposed to work with Windows XP users
(also Windows version of default WINEPREFIX)?

Clicking the button displays 'Internet IP and GEO location with status OK'
(info gathered by different API/means) -> could be used to derive overall state
without that Vista+ API.

MS doesn't make a guarantee for 'accessibility' of any Internet address using
this API (as stated by MSDN), so I don't see the benefit over using
old-fashioned methods which are backwards compatible to older Windows versions.

Regards