Win 7 64 bit using NIS 2010 How do you configure Norton from XBOX 360 to the media extender?

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I have cruised the internet and this site looking for solutions to this issue included in the following web articles

 

Microsoft Post

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-media-center/learn-more/extenders/help/extenders-firewalls.aspx#Find

 

Previous Norton Posts including

 

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/norton360.nsf/0/eea427af14fe222465257399006fcf04

 

and a post where someone suggested that all that had to be done was to go to trust control for find the XBOX 360 and change the trust settings to full trust.

 

I have followed all of these examples including moving xbox 360 to full trust control, locating and setting to "allow" all the programs I could find from the cited Norton post (some aren't on my machine for some reason) and then going to the firewall port settings from the Microsoft post and putting each and every one in by hand under the Advanced Settings>General Rules sub menu as noted in the Microsoft post. 

 

Still no dice.  The extender set up utility in windows media center detects the xbox 360, connects to it (after properly typing in the 8 digit security code), configures, builds a media library and then I receive an error message where the media extender claims Norton is blocking the connection between the xbox 360 and the computer. Whereupon the extender goes into failure mode and suggests I view the afore mentioned Microsoft office web page to look for a solution.  (The Xbox 360 never acknowledges a connection to the computer.)

 

I have checked everything for compliance with previous suggestions and have no clue how to proceed from here.

 

BTW wouldn't it be much easier to have a feature built into the firewall system that automatically detects media extenders (especially for something as widely used as an xbox etc. and auto configure for it?)  Although Norton products are not directly connected to Microsoft I, and probably a few others, would consider giving Norton a gold star if problems like this could magically disappear...

 

 

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Hello mhowellcit

 

When you made the rules for the xbox in your firewall, did you move the rules up to the top?

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Thanks for the suggestion.  It is something I forgot to do even though I know better.  I just tried it and ran the setup utility again.

 

Still same windows error message blaming Norton and no connection.

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I have the same issues and currently the only way I can get the extender recognized is to turn off the auto fire wall protection. The extender is recognized and everything works, however there is no auto protection so I do not leave it that way. I can only conclude that the issue is definately with the auto fire wall.

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I know it's a little different from an XBOX but I had some trouble getting my PS3 set up for media sharing on my home network, and I resolved it by giving my PS3 a static IP in my router settings and then creating a traffic rule in NIS to allow all traffic to and from my PS3 IP address and moved that rule to the top. These rules override any application rules. In theory, it does mean that if somebody were to hack your XBOX they might be able to use your XBOX to take over your computer... so you'll have to decide for yourself if you want to use this fix. I decided to use it myself on the PS3. It's basically like turning off the firewall for that one IP address, but you still get to use the firewall for everything else.