Consider the following scenario:

• You have a computer that is running Windows Vista Starter, Windows Vista Home Basic, or Windows Vista Home Premium.
• You run any of the following commands to open ports in the firewall:
  • netsh firewall add portopening
  • netsh firewall set portopening
  • netsh firewall set service

However, these commands fail silently. Additionally, you may not receive an error message or a warning that indicates that the port has not been opened.

Note The netsh firewall context is supported only on computers that are running Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows Vista Business, and Windows Vista Enterprise.