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Opening the File Sharing Ports in Windows Firewall. In order to open the file sharing ports in Windows 2008, you will need to make changes to the Windows Firewall Inbound Rules. To make these changes, you will need to connect to the Windows 2008 Virtual Server using Remote Desktop, and work as the Administrator user. Blocking File and Printer Sharing on Windows domain controller I have a Windows 2012 R2 domain controller that doesn't need any Filter and Printer sharing ports open, so in an attempt to harden the server I've tried disabling the rules in the "File and Printer Sharing" group. However, every time I reboot, the rules keep getting enabled. Configuring Windows Firewall Ports and Exceptions • Windows Firewall: Allow inbound file and printer sharing exception. This rule allows the IPC$ and ADMIN$ shares to be available. Administrative access to these shares is required. • Windows Firewall: Allow ICMP exceptions - (Allow inbound echo request) This …
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Windows Firewall: Allow inbound file and printer sharing Allows inbound file and printer sharing. To do this Windows Firewall opens UDP ports 137 and 138 and TCP ports 139 and 445.If you enable this policy setting Windows Firewall opens these ports so that this computer can receive print jobs and requests for access to shared files. You must specify the IP addresses or subnets from which these incoming messages are allowed. How to Enable File and Printer Sharing (Windows XP) - dummies To enable File and Printer Sharing on a Windows XP system, follow these steps: From the Start menu, choose Settings→Control Panel. The Control Panel comes to life. Double-click the Network Connections icon. The Network Connections window appears. Right …