Vista - Enable UPNP...please help me

I have been searching in vane, I can't seem to find out how to actiate UPNP
in Vista. There is no additional Networking Components to install as in
Windows XP and by having this enabled I should see a network icon for
Internet Connection that should report my internet connection speed through
my Netgear DG834G as occurs in XP.

Vista help suggests enabling UPNP Framework in Windows FIrewall but this
option doesn;t exist in the exceptions list. Also Messenger reports my UPNP
router is a non UPNP router while in XP messenger reports connected through a
UPNP router.

It's baffling me, can anyone help me out here.
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Robert W

hey dude ive been having some problems with upnp. what ive figured out so far is:

make sure u have chosen 'private network' instead of 'public network' for your network then do the following:

1. start>control pannel>network and internet>network and sharing centre> turn on 'network discovery'

2. click start then type services in the search bit. click the services icon that it finds. scroll down and find upnp device host, make sure the service is enabled which it should be by defualt.

thats it so far. there might be some protocols to or something to add i not sure. i'll post back if i find out anymore though, could u do the same for me cos itd be interesting to hear what u find out. cheers.

lol wow i jus noticed how old the original post is. better late than never heh!

ty a lot chopstick idk if this guy got to read this post but to me it was very helpful thanks again!!

no problem dude. im just glad my reply helped someone