Re: Media Center Extender help and hell!

Out of curiosity, do you recall whether your firewall was enabled or
disabled when you originally installed the MCX software on your PC?

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"Todd Bowra [MSFT]" <toddbow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Given that the value is 1 it's very odd that the exceptions weren't set.
> Thanks for checking.
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> "Works In Theory" <WorksInTheory@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> > Todd - sorry took so long - been busy. Yes it is 1.
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> > "Todd Bowra [MSFT]" wrote:
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> > > It's possible that opening the firewall port failed. Can you open
> regedit
> > > (Start --> Run --> "regedit" <enter>) and check the value of the
> > > FirewallPortsEnabled reg key under
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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MediaCenterPeripheral\Setup\PCSettings
> > > ? (it should be 0 or 1)
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> > > "Barb Bowman MVP-Windows" <barb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > > > yes, but....
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> > > > ..glad you are up and running
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> > > > On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 06:01:04 -0700, Works In Theory
> > > > <WorksInTheory@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > > >Question though, isn't the install of MCE and MCX suppose to change
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> > > > >areas needed to get it to work
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