Rules are defaulting to "For Other Machine"

[Jim Henderson]

Rules are defaulting to "For Other Machine" as a default. Sometimes they
seem to work correctly after the first one goes to "For Other Machine". I
cannot figure out where the Other Machine is, since I have only one PC, no
network. How can I get the rules to work right?

 

[BillR [MVP]]

Change them to "on this machine only"

 

[Jim Henderson]

Do I have to do this whenever I create a new rule? I used to be on an
Exchange Server (but now have been laid off) but somehow there seems to be
lots of things that this PC can't let go of and I can't get rid of. Seems
like Microsoft ought to have some way of "Dissolve Network Connection
Settings" or something.

 

[BillR [MVP]]

I think it might be worthwhile just to check them when you create a rule.