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I have Windows 7 Enterprise running on MacBook Pro and for some reason I'm not able to ping any PC in the house from it and the other way around meaning I can't ping the MacBook Pro running Win7 from any other PC.
I looked online but I can't find anything that explains this issue or how to resolve it. Any help will be really appreciated.
Thank you
jorame
Posted 2012-10-16T19:30:40.620
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It's quite likely inbound ICMP ping requests are being blocked either by default by the Windows 7 firewall or by an antivirus program like McAfee you're using.
Nicole Hamilton
Posted 2012-10-16T19:30:40.620
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thank you, it was being blocked by the Firewall. Question, in this case I disabled the entire firewall. Is there a rule I could modify so I don't have to disable the firewall?? – jorame – 2012-10-16T20:19:48.337
Sure. On that Win7 firewall page I cited, there's a link to another page (http://www.sysprobs.com/enable-ping-in-vista) giving instructions on creating a rule to allow ping without disabling the firewall completely. The instructions are for Vista but Win7 is basically the same.
– Nicole Hamilton – 2012-10-16T20:38:11.777
Are you dual booting on the MacBook Pro, or are you running Windows 7 within a VM? – G_P – 2012-10-16T19:35:01.600
Dual booting!!! – jorame – 2012-10-16T19:36:46.340