tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15428775.post1840568827785293343..comments2023-07-23T23:43:14.726-07:00Comments on Some Life Blog: Fixed! Can't Ping Vista / Windows 7 Machine by IP Address or NameKen Hanscomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16487725702319613405noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15428775.post-4343275400048799362015-05-30T15:32:54.670-07:002015-05-30T15:32:54.670-07:00Sorry, for any necro threads, but this helped 5 ye...Sorry, for any necro threads, but this helped 5 years later. The culprit was Windows Firewall; seemingly corrupted, and couldn't even start. I.e. I followed the instructions in the original post, except that Windows firewall wouldn't start up (previously didn't start up). Searched the internet for the error and removed some corrupted or temp files, or something like that, and .... Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18168726203831632092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15428775.post-38726273217702415482012-02-03T19:51:02.206-08:002012-02-03T19:51:02.206-08:00My problem seems to be the reverse...My Vista desk...My problem seems to be the reverse...My Vista desktop can ping/see(in network map)/access all shares on the Windows7 laptop. The windows7 laptop can see the vista desktop in the network map but cannot ping it or access any of the Vista desktop shares (the only thing I really need is access to the printer). I have been at this for over 2 week a few hours every night.....many forums/boards/blogs/Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15428775.post-90235307370693311872011-06-17T12:17:55.108-07:002011-06-17T12:17:55.108-07:00Thanks to Andrew. Based on your comments I turned ...Thanks to Andrew. Based on your comments I turned off the McAfee firewall, and was able to ping my W7 from XP. You saved me a lot of work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15428775.post-57697041653774453802011-04-01T07:50:45.523-07:002011-04-01T07:50:45.523-07:00THANKS !!!!
Fixed my issue with creating an ftp s...THANKS !!!!<br /><br />Fixed my issue with creating an ftp server too... I had the firewall OFF and still couldn't connect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15428775.post-67936207960596146182011-02-18T23:53:22.910-08:002011-02-18T23:53:22.910-08:00Hallo all,
Kaspersky in Win7 was the reason not t...Hallo all,<br /><br />Kaspersky in Win7 was the reason not to be able to ping from WinXP.<br />Firewal rule in Zones tab (Anti-Hacker item) changed to Local Network has been the solution.<br /><br />As a result my iPhone could connect to karatasi dbf in my Win7.<br />--<br />Anyway: without this article and without the discussion I could hardly find it out. So big thank to all of you.<br /><br />Antikvariat_lacnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11424105026093565314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15428775.post-91466956323875734952010-12-05T22:26:02.241-08:002010-12-05T22:26:02.241-08:00Hi
You very first solution for network discovery ...Hi<br /><br />You very first solution for network discovery actually did the trick. My Mac now able to ping my Vista laptop immediately w/o restart of Vista. Thanks a lot.<br /><br />But I still have issue where i can not do RDC from Mac to Windows. But I am able to do to my other XP laptop.<br /><br />The only differnece is in XP I have a domain/ where in Vista I have a workgroup called as Guruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15874711557791339779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15428775.post-8229206434700647412010-10-06T07:01:54.541-07:002010-10-06T07:01:54.541-07:00Just thought I would add my experience if you get ...Just thought I would add my experience if you get to this point and are still despairing. <br /><br />My problem was I couldn't ping or access file shares on my Windows 7 box from two Windows XP boxes. This problem seemed to start after I had changed my anti-virus protection on my Windows 7 box from "McAfee Total Protection" (full virus protection & firewall) to "Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06786777785418073874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15428775.post-30738981468013794432010-09-29T12:06:20.235-07:002010-09-29T12:06:20.235-07:00Doh! Kaspersky!Doh! Kaspersky!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15428775.post-78554600061391610202010-09-02T02:14:11.970-07:002010-09-02T02:14:11.970-07:00The very first option worked for me in a single sh...The very first option worked for me in a single shot..cool. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15428775.post-86610684319135928622010-07-06T18:21:12.675-07:002010-07-06T18:21:12.675-07:00I had the same problem at our workplace (Windows V...I had the same problem at our workplace (Windows Vista cannot ping Windows 7, as well as Vista cannot access Windows 7's shared files/folders, but Windows 7 can access Vista's shared files/folders).<br /><br />Windows Firewall is turned off by default on all computers. Instead, we have Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 with a firewall. I found out that this was the culprit. In the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15428775.post-5870062948917960042010-04-12T13:57:16.571-07:002010-04-12T13:57:16.571-07:00I had a similar problem - from my Windows 7 box co...I had a similar problem - from my Windows 7 box could ping my Vista box but could not ping the Windows 7 box from Vista.<br /><br />I did all the above with no success - then when I looked closer I realized that I had two IP addresses for my Windows 7 machine - one for the wireless and one for wired. I had turned off the wireless but that IP was still assigned to the computer name. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15428775.post-3001905838830488622010-02-25T07:53:13.712-08:002010-02-25T07:53:13.712-08:00Definitely going to try that network configuration...Definitely going to try that network configuration. We have a few people piloting 7 and it's a headache not being able to remote in at all. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15428775.post-3641004547378060822010-01-17T23:40:47.306-08:002010-01-17T23:40:47.306-08:00Good write-up!Good write-up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15428775.post-4262726504197698042010-01-02T16:55:29.779-08:002010-01-02T16:55:29.779-08:00Actually that's all wrong. Sorry.
This can b...Actually that's all wrong. Sorry.<br /><br />This can be easily accomplished in Windows 7 by the following:<br /><br />Control Panel > Windows Firewall > Advanced settings > Inbound Rules and enable File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request - ICMPv4-In) in the profile.<br /><br />You can even allow all incoming connections in one of the three profiles. Or stop the firewall for the pannoreply@blogger.com