Why is port still blocked after opening it in firewall in Windows 7?
I added an inbound rule to the firewall adv. security settings in both Win2008 R2 and Win7 Pro. I can connect through to Win2008 R2 but not Win7. Viewing the Resource monitor confirms that in Win2008 R2 the ports are Allowed, but in Windows 7 they are "Not allowed". How can I resolve this? At this link is an image: http://www.twsm.com.tw/Cana/FirewallProblem.jpg Top part is the Firewall setting. Bottom part is the Resource monitor Network view of the program and it's "Not Allowed" status in Windows 7. Thanks in Advance.
June 17th, 2011 11:10am

Hi Bydia, Thanks for posting here. Can you verify if there is another rule enabled that been set to block this program? Because block rules are higher priority than allow rules. Some troubleshooting methods could be acquired form the article below: Windows Firewall Is Blocking a Program http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766312(WS.10).aspx Thanks. Tiger Li Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.
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June 20th, 2011 11:09am

Thanks, that is nice to know about the blocking rules. However, after removing all blocking rules... the program remains blocked. This machine is pretty clean. In other words, it is NOT controlled by someone else adding in policies to block ports. The only blocking entries were old programs that I turned off. I expect this to be the same on any freshly installed Win7 system... but why would it be different than Win2008?
June 28th, 2011 11:54am

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