Re: Setup Error when connecting Xbox 360 to MCE2005 PC

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Do you have any services with Firewall in the name? (other than Norton).
Even if Norton is installed, the Windows Firewall service should still
exist, though possibly not running. If it doesn't exist at all, that's not
good...

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"Fredrik" <Fredrik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks for the prompt reply.

I have no such service "Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing" on
my
computer, most likely because I have Norton Internet Security installed. I
am
able to access media via Media Player 11 with and without this Norton
firewall enabled. This, I believe, is because I have opened the Norton
firewall for all traffic on all ports between the IP addresses 192.168.0.2
and 192.168.0.6.

Still no success configuring my Xbox 360 as a MCE Extender. Any ideas?

Best regards,

Fredrik

"Todd Bowra [MSFT]" wrote:

Thanks for the detailed write-up; it makes troubleshooting much easier.
Please try the following:
1) From the Start menu, select Run and type "services.msc" <enter>
2) Right click the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing service
and
select Start
3) Attempt to add your Xbox 360 again via the Media Center Extender
Manager

Also, as an aside - because the PC and Xbox are both on the LAN side of
your
router, there's no need to open ports in your router in order to enable
Extender functionality.

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"Fredrik" <Fredrik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Setup Error when trying to connect new XBox 360 with Media Center
Edition
2005 (rollup 2) computer.

Config:
* Wired Cat5e (100MBit/s) LAN and high speed Internet access; no
wireless
components involved.
* Netgear WGT624v3 gateway/router with latest upgrades.
* PC with Windows Media Center Edition 2005, Rollup 2, .NET Framework
1.1
and 2.0, all security patches and MCE patches as of today.
* Norton/Symantec Internet Security 2005 with latest upgrades.
* All of the above has been working great and without problems for
about a
year (and still do).
* Newly purchased XBox 360 Premium.

Problem:
Want to use MCE Extender capabilities of XBox 360 together with Media
Center
PC, but receive the Setup Error (stating problems with the firewall
settings
of the Windows Firewall).

Action taken:
* PC and XBox 360 are assigned fixed IP addresses on LAN (192.168.0.2
and
192.168.0.6) in gateway/router.
* XBox 360 is successfully connected to router and successfully fetched
and
installed an update from Microsoft (manufacturing date of XBox is April
2006).
- All network settings in XBox 360 appear to be accurate (IP number,
gateway, subnet, etc.).
- Testing of XBox Live settings under Systems tab works fine (all
tests
pass).
- Testing of Network settings under Systems tab works fine (all tests
pass).
- Can successfully connect to PC (successfully tried both Windows
Media
Connect 2 and Media Player 11) and stream audio and watch pictures.
* Software firewall (Internet Security 2005) configured according to
Microsoft KB911728 for opening ports and allowing traffic to/from XBox
360.
- These settings work with the PC connect feature on the XBox 360.
* Hardware firewall (router) ALMOST configured according to Microsoft
KB911728
- Using port forwarding for named ports.
- Unable to configure ports listed as RANDOM (HOW IS THIS DONE?!)
- (Netgear refers to Microsoft on this issue)
- Discussion with Xbox support didn't lead anywhere, despite
conversations
with all kinds of supervisors (I seriously doubt they know how to tie
their
shoelaces).
* Problem with MCE setup persists with both Windows Media Connect 2 and
the
newer Media Player 11 (which replaces WMC2).
* Problem with MCE setup persists both with IS2005 enabled and
disabled.
* Have tried both LITE and FULL versions from www.xbox.com/pcsetup -
both
fail at the exact same place: Setup Error.
- The user group MCRD Users is not created by neither LITE/FULL.
- User used for installation has Administrator privileges.
- Have verified and successfully manually created MCRD Users group
with
same user.
* Have verified all services settings as suggested in various forums
(UPnP,
HTTP SSL, etc.)
* Fast user switching is enabled.
* Remote Desktop Connection / Terminal Services Client is installed
(obviously).

DvcConn.log extract below (all earlier entries are the exact same,
except
for time stamps).

Please advise.

Best regards,

Fredrik

***********************************************************
torsdag, 07 december 2006 13:18:53
***********************************************************
13:18:53 : Checking OS version.
13:18:53 : Checking MCE version.
13:18:53 : MCE version = Emerald.
13:18:53 : Checking only instance of installer.
13:18:53 : CmdLine: Connection Wizard.
13:18:53 : CmdLine: Skin = Xenon.
13:18:53 : Verifying user is Administrator.
13:18:53 : Verifying EULA is present.
13:18:53 : Verifying MCE is NOT installed on a dynamic disk.
13:18:53 : Verifying OS is NOT Longhorn.
13:18:53 : Verifying MCE version.
13:18:53 : OS is Emerald : Verifying Sessions QFE is installed.
13:18:53 : Verifying NIC is present.
13:18:53 : Checking if Media Center First Run has been completed.
13:18:53 : Start conditions met.
13:18:54 : Turning on the InOOBE flag.
13:18:59 : Configuring Terminal Services policy.
13:18:59 : Configuring Security Event Log retention.
13:18:59 : User chose Manual Settings option.
13:18:59 : ConnectWiz: Skipping ConfigurationOptions page. WMC install
not
successful.
13:18:59 : Checking Fast-User Switching and Remote Connections
settings.
13:18:59 : RDP enabled.
13:18:59 : FUS enabled.
13:18:59 : Checking if MCX ports are open in ICF.
13:18:59 : MCX ports are NOT open.
13:19:53 : Enabling Remote Connections and Fast-User Switching.
13:19:53 : Opening ports in the Windows firewall.
***********************************************************
ERROR
***********************************************************
Unable to open ports in the Windows firewall. Exception: Error in the
application.
13:19:54 : Checking for generic error during affiliation...
13:19:54 : Turning off the InOOBE flag.
13:19:54 : Exiting






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