Windows 7 on Mac Pro, Local Access Only, No Internet

Installed Windows 7 on my 2.66 Quad Mac Pro. Whenever I boot, the network adapter icon in the traybar comes up with a yellow slash through it that says "Local Access Only" Looked into troubleshooting, turning off Network power management, turning off IP6, etc... No fixes. I can browse my local area network but not the internet.
When I boot in safe mode with networking, the error does not show on the network taskbar icon and I can browse the internet just fine.
Here's the temporary fix that I found works every time in standard boot mode.
1. Assign a manual IP address to the network adapter. (192.168.1.160). (make sure the IP is in your DHCP Scheme and the IP is available (no other devices using that IP)
2. It will automatically assign a subnet (255.255.255.0)
3. Close the networking window.
4. Right click on the network icon with the yellow through it in the task bar and click "Troubleshoot problems"
5. It will come up quickly with a fix (saying you should not be using a manual IP). Click "Apply Fix" then windows 7 will put the computer back to DHCP Mode.
6. Try it now. Everything should be working.
No permanent fix on this yet but when a new boot camp 3.1 network driver comes out, hopefully it should fix it. If anyone else has a permanent solution, it would be appreciated.

My thought - because the only issues I've had personally with Vista/7 have had to do with modems and routers, and went away once I upgraded those. Sometimes there are firmware updates to deal with new OS.
Your post didn't seem to mention wired/wireless or modem and router in place.
you might want to look for an Intel driver. Also, you must have had network to install and update Windows 7, look to rollback the network driver if possible, or uninstall + restart and let Windows reinstall a device driver.

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    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:44 PM: Populating Ben's FolderGrouping ( C:\Users\Ben\iTunes )
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:46 PM: Populating Ben's FolderGrouping ( C:\Users\Ben\Office Genuine Advantage )
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:46 PM: Populating Ben's FolderGrouping ( C:\Users\Ben\riotsGamesLogs )
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:46 PM: Populating Ben's Music ( C:\Users\Ben\Music )
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:49 PM: Mapped 2052 iTunes-sparse, added 1945 component-sparse files for component C:\Users\Ben\Music
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: Populating Ben's Desktop ( C:\Users\Ben\Desktop )
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: Populating Ben's Downloads ( C:\Users\Ben\Downloads )
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: Populating Ben's Documents ( C:\Users\Ben\Documents )
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: --------------------------------
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: Profiler thread has crashed!
    Unhandled exception.
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: --------------------------------
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: Source:
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: --------------------------------
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: mscorlib
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: --------------------------------
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: Message:
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: --------------------------------
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: There are no more files.
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: --------------------------------
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: Stack Trace:
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: --------------------------------
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM:    at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
       at System.IO.Directory.InternalGetFileDirectoryNames(String path, String userPathOriginal, String searchPattern, Boolean includeFiles, Boolean includeDirs, SearchOption searchOption)
       at System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(String path, String searchPattern, SearchOption searchOption)
       at SMProfiles.MailAccount.LoadWindowsMailAccountsForUser(String shortname, String sid)
       at SMProfiles.MailAccount.MailAccountsForUser(String shortname, String sid)
       at SMProfiles.SystemProfiler.GetCurrentProfile(Boolean& cancel)
       at SMProfiles.SystemProfiler.Initialize()
       at FormsAssistant.MainWindowController.InitializeAppThread()
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: --------------------------------
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:54 PM: Shutting down
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:00 PM: The working directory is C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Windows Migration Assistant
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:00 PM: The current OS version is Microsoft Windows NT 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:00 PM: The current MA version is 1.0.0.32
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:00 PM: Windows Firewall is Off
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:01 PM: Adding users...
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:01 PM: Adding administrator Ben (C:\Users\Ben)
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:01 PM: Attempting fallback on ManagementObject exception: Not found
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:01 PM: WMI path: \\BEN-PC\root\cimv2:Win32_SystemAccount.Domain="BEN-PC",Name="INTERACTIVE"
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:03 PM: Bonjour version is 3331000
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:03 PM: SlingShot: Pipe name is: honPC_ccbagtgavd
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:03 PM: SMBonjour: Published honPC_ccbagtgavd on 10505
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:04 PM: reg_reply: honPC_ccbagtgavd: _smsling._tcp. on local. [0] 0002
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:04 PM: Failed to find SID for INTERACTIVE
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:04 PM: Attempting fallback on ManagementObject exception: Not found
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:04 PM: WMI path: \\BEN-PC\root\cimv2:Win32_SystemAccount.Domain="BEN-PC",Name="Authenticated Users"
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:05 PM: Failed to find SID for Authenticated Users
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:05 PM: Populating Ben's FolderGrouping ( C:\Users\Ben\FrostWire )
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:05 PM: Populating Ben's FolderGrouping ( C:\Users\Ben\iPod )
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:05 PM: Populating Ben's FolderGrouping ( C:\Users\Ben\iTunes )
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:08 PM: Populating Ben's FolderGrouping ( C:\Users\Ben\Office Genuine Advantage )
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:08 PM: Populating Ben's FolderGrouping ( C:\Users\Ben\riotsGamesLogs )
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:08 PM: Populating Ben's Music ( C:\Users\Ben\Music )
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:09 PM: SMBonjour: stopped published services
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:09 PM: SMBonjour: event thread exiting
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:12 PM: Mapped 2052 iTunes-sparse, added 1945 component-sparse files for component C:\Users\Ben\Music
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:14 PM: Populating Ben's Desktop ( C:\Users\Ben\Desktop )
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: Populating Ben's Downloads ( C:\Users\Ben\Downloads )
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: Populating Ben's Documents ( C:\Users\Ben\Documents )
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: --------------------------------
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: Profiler thread has crashed!
    Unhandled exception.
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: --------------------------------
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: Source:
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: --------------------------------
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: mscorlib
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: --------------------------------
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: Message:
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: --------------------------------
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: There are no more files.
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: --------------------------------
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: Stack Trace:
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: --------------------------------
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM:    at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
       at System.IO.Directory.InternalGetFileDirectoryNames(String path, String userPathOriginal, String searchPattern, Boolean includeFiles, Boolean includeDirs, SearchOption searchOption)
       at System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(String path, String searchPattern, SearchOption searchOption)
       at SMProfiles.MailAccount.LoadWindowsMailAccountsForUser(String shortname, String sid)
       at SMProfiles.MailAccount.MailAccountsForUser(String shortname, String sid)
       at SMProfiles.SystemProfiler.GetCurrentProfile(Boolean& cancel)
       at SMProfiles.SystemProfiler.Initialize()
       at FormsAssistant.MainWindowController.InitializeAppThread()
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: --------------------------------
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:19 PM: Shutting down

    Edward M. Baum wrote:
    Does the Migration Assistant work to bring software and files from the PC to Windows on the Mac?
    Thanks.
    No.  Just use MS Easy Transfer

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