Perfect solution to Windows Vista can not ping problem

Today, a friend mentioned such a problem in the forum. One of his Vista Ultimate PCs can access the Internet and can also be on QQ, but can't ping. No matter whether the ping intranet or the external network address is unreachable, they all prompt. "General failure". However, under Windows XP, everything is fine.

It is indeed strange to go, the network is obviously open, and can only ping the 127.0.0.1 this machine, even his network management 192.169.1.1 can not ping. Why can't I use the Ping command under Windows Vista?

First, the problem encountered by this friend is shown as follows:

C:\\>ping 192.168.1.1

Pinging 192.168.1.1 has 32 bytes of data:

General fault.

General failure.

General failure.

General failure.

Ping Statistics for 192.168.1.1:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% Lost)

Actually, This problem is caused by the Windows Firewall that comes with the Vista system. It is necessary to enable the icmp incoming and outgoing policies in the Windows Firewall.

Note that you must be logged in as an administrator to perform these steps.

To find ICMP and logging settings, open Windows Firewall with Advanced Security.

1. Click to open “Administrative Tools”. ‌ If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type your password or provide confirmation.

2. Double-click "Advanced Security Windows Firewall".

3. Under "Common Profile", click “Windows Firewall Properties”.

1) Click the tab of the profile you want to change.

1) Under “Logging”, click “Customize”.

In the dialog that appears, change the settings that need to be changed, then click “OK”.

You can use the ICMPv4 or ICMPv6 protocol to create inbound or outbound rules to specify ICMP settings.