Vista - Vista Cant Connect to Xbox 360

I try to add the 360 to media centre but when it goes to point where it says
'configuring extender settings' or something like that, it just doesnt work.
Please help!

"stupidcow." <stupidcow.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I try to add the 360 to media centre but when it goes to point where it
> says
> 'configuring extender settings' or something like that, it just doesnt
> work.
> Please help!

Do you have any 3rd party firewall installed?

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Paul Smith,
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It's most likely a firewall of some sort. For example, I have OneCare
installed. By default, without OneCare, Vista would instantly see my 360
when I turned it on. However, with OneCare installed, it refused to see the
360 even when I tried. However, after going into my firewall settings and
allowing "Xbox 360 and Media Center Extenders" and "Xbox 360 and network
Media Players" under "Ports and Protocols" it saw the 360 with a pop up
message and allowed me to configure it normally from there.

I hope this helps,

Gordon


"stupidcow." <stupidcow.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I try to add the 360 to media centre but when it goes to point where it
> says
> 'configuring extender settings' or something like that, it just doesnt
> work.
> Please help!

Im having exactly the same problem I have even tried deleteing the
certificate in MMC and diabling the only firewall I have running but to no
joy so any more help would be much appreciated.

"Gordon D" wrote:

> It's most likely a firewall of some sort. For example, I have OneCare
> installed. By default, without OneCare, Vista would instantly see my 360
> when I turned it on. However, with OneCare installed, it refused to see the
> 360 even when I tried. However, after going into my firewall settings and
> allowing "Xbox 360 and Media Center Extenders" and "Xbox 360 and network
> Media Players" under "Ports and Protocols" it saw the 360 with a pop up
> message and allowed me to configure it normally from there.
>
> I hope this helps,
>
> Gordon
>
>
> "stupidcow." <stupidcow.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3A90F077-389F-4F83-A0E5-1D6938F10F11@microsoft.com...
> > I try to add the 360 to media centre but when it goes to point where it
> > says
> > 'configuring extender settings' or something like that, it just doesnt
> > work.
> > Please help!
>