Windows 7 blocking connections when firewall is off.
I am recieving tons and tons of 5157 failures in my Windows 7 security logs. These failures read as follows: The Windows Filtering Platform has blocked a connection. Application Information: Process ID: 2036 Application Name: \device\harddiskvolume3\windows\system32\application.exe Network Information: Direction: Outbound Source Address: x.x.x.x Source Port: 37893 Destination Address: x.x.x.x Destination Port: 37892 Protocol: 6 Filter Information: Filter Run-Time ID: 0 Layer Name: Connect Layer Run-Time ID: 48 The firewall is disabled via GPO and I have verified via the control panel and services mmc that it is. My question is... How is Windows 7 still blocking these connections and how do I get it to stop? I have searched for hours and not found any answers that seem to apply. If I disable a local firewall all packets\connections should be allowed. No exceptions. Thanks
March 23rd, 2011 1:27pm

Hi, The following links for your reference. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg463267.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/b/instan/archive/2009/01/08/the-windows-filtering-platform-has-blocked-a-bind-to-a-local-port.aspx The WEP is not a firewall, It is a new component released with Vista and still included in Windows 7. So check the IPsec settings and all the things related to TCP/IP in your Group Policy Object. Thanks. 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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March 27th, 2011 9:48am

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