Limited Internet Connectivity

[Guest]

Installed Vista and it went well - and fast - but when the computer
restarted, I found it won't connect to the Internet at all. Network card is
enabled and working but when running the network diagnostics, I get the
following message:

Security policy settings on this computer might be blocking the connection

The information goes on to say:

The following policy might need to be adjusted to allow Windows to connect:

Policy Provider: Microsoft Firewall
Filter Name: Microsoft Firewall Authorize Connection Filters

Has anyone run into this and where the hell is this policy/filter?

Thanks!

 

[Bill Condie]

You might have to contact your IP for help. Then they'll tell you they're
not Vista-ready.

Hopefully someone here can have an answer tho'

 

[Guest]

I don't think it's them (Verizon), Bill; I have four other computers
networked in - and one of them is running Vista as well and none of the
computers are reporting this issue - just the last one I installed Vista on.

This is mystifying! There are no entries in any of the event logs and when
I run the diagnostic against the Internet connection itself, it comes back as
functioning properly. When I check the connected computers, all five
computers appear in the list as expected.

But the affected computer is stuck in Local Only mode.

 

[Guest]

Can you see the other computers on your network, if you can then it probably
isn't hardware (NIC) related. It could be a IP address problem or DNS address
problem. I would try checking both, you might try assigning an IP address and
check another computer on the network for a good DNS address and assign that
as well.

Garry

 

[Guest]

IP and DNS are dynamically allocated; I've done ipconfig /flushdns, refreshed
the IP address and I can see the other computers on the network. Resetting
the adapter hasn't done any good, either.

What gets me is that if it is the Windows Firewall policies, I can't find
them - none of them are configured in group policy - and the firewall's not
running; I originally thought there was a conflict between it and OneCare -
but that doesn't seem to be the issue.

Assigning IP/DNS didn't do anything - it's still in Local Only mode. Is
anyone aware of any other testing I can do?

 

[Guest]

I just upgraded a dell 1705 to vista and have windows live onecare security.
I cannot get ie7 to load a web page with the firewall in Onecare turned on.
However when I turn the firewall off ie7 works normally. I get the same
message as was posted when I let ie7 do a trouble check. (filter name:
microsoft firewall authorize connection filter) is blocking the web page from
loading. I have no idea what is happening and cannot find the filter to make
any changes. I tried reinstalling the ms live onecare program but no help.