Vista Tutorial - Limited Internet Connectivity

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!

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'

"khaan23" <khaan23@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9E13428E-8627-476D-BBDB-9487213EB5E0@microsoft.com...
> 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!

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.

"Bill Condie" wrote:

> 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'
>
> "khaan23" <khaan23@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9E13428E-8627-476D-BBDB-9487213EB5E0@microsoft.com...
> > 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!
>
>

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


"khaan23" wrote:

> 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.
>
> "Bill Condie" wrote:
>
> > 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'
> >
> > "khaan23" <khaan23@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:9E13428E-8627-476D-BBDB-9487213EB5E0@microsoft.com...
> > > 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!
> >
> >

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?

"Garry" wrote:

> 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
>
>
> "khaan23" wrote:
>
> > 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.
> >
> > "Bill Condie" wrote:
> >
> > > 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'
> > >
> > > "khaan23" <khaan23@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:9E13428E-8627-476D-BBDB-9487213EB5E0@microsoft.com...
> > > > 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!
> > >
> > >

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.

"khaan23" wrote:

> 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?
>
> "Garry" wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
> >
> > "khaan23" wrote:
> >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > "Bill Condie" wrote:
> > >
> > > > 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'
> > > >
> > > > "khaan23" <khaan23@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:9E13428E-8627-476D-BBDB-9487213EB5E0@microsoft.com...
> > > > > 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!
> > > >
> > > >