Cannot ping other computer on network windows 7

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Cancel Submit. Jack MVP. Hi It could be a configuration issue with the Security application. In the Network Center, clicking on the Network type opens the window to the right. Point to the a Folder that meant to to be share. Right click and choose properties. In the properties Click on the Security tab shown in the pic bellow to the right and check that the users and their permission shown in the pic bellow center and left are correctly configured.

This screen shot is from Win 7, Vista's menus are similar. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. Try to think like a packet and visualize the path. Yes the firewall was the problem. He has different rules than mine. I am working on getting active directory and a domain set-up for the company and this is another reason to get that done soon.

It allows Ping through the firewall and opens up the WMI that Spiceworks needs to do the automatic inventory:. Unless you've done something weird when you first configured these computers, pinging should not be an issue and is not blocked by either Win7 firewall or MSE.

Are they able to ping each other here? This would rule out any issue with your software. What is the IP addresses of a few of the machines? To continue this discussion, please ask a new question. Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks. Best Answer. Jason This person is a verified professional.

I have installed virtual pc on a machine running windows 7. I can ping other things on my network from inside my virtual machine, however, I can't ping the virtual machine from any of the other computers on my network.

I ran into this problem before but I can't recall what I did to fix it. I saw the same problem on a Vista system. It turned out that the AV software Trend Micro had a built-in firewall that was causing the problem.