Windows 10: Anyone have any ideas on what windows 10 is stopping ports with?

Today i was going to make a private counter strike global offensive mini games server for me and my friends to play on. (Which i have done in the past with counter strike source) and so i set everything up and tried to port-forward and then went to check on canyouseeme.org and my ports are never open and they won't come open either. (Saying that for some reason the port did open for around 10 seconds then close but that was only once) Also yes i have tried sending them my ip to see if they can join and yes i have tried changing the port i am using on the server and forwarding it. But it will not open for some reason. I have tried turning my router firewall off and my pc but no luck. (Also tried turning antivirus off not that it should help) Before i updated to windows 10 i could port-forward so easily. My router has not had an update for a while so ik that it is not a new update error. Any help please?

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Anyone have any ideas to try?

I have just checked and the minidump is empty

 

Anyone have any ideas to try?

Hey Smile. I'm Greg, a volunteer installation specialist and 8 year Windows MVP, here to help you.

Go to Settings>System>About to see what version it is.

If it's Version 1709 you can roll back Fall Creators Version 1709 in Settings>Update & Security>Recovery and then hide it until it matures using the Hide Updates Tool downloaded from here:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/2/2/f2...

If it's a lesser version then What I would do if you haven't yet is manually install Fall Creator Version 1709 by installing Media Creation Tool and choosing to Upgrade Now.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/m....

This the most stable method to upgrade to the new version (which you need anyway) and will bring you fully up to date with reinstalled Windows that often will solve any other problems you have.

You can use the same tool to download the ISO or create bootable media so you only need to do it once, and have the bootable media for repairs or possible Clean Install.

If there are any hurdles during the Upgrade see these steps to optimize the install as this is evidence it's corrupted:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki...

You can also go over this checklist to make sure the install is set up correctly, optimized for best performance, and any needed repairs get done:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki...

But remember that a factory or Upgrade install are inferior installs that most enthusiasts would never run in the first place because they'd expect endless issues. Most prefer to do the gold standard Clean install from this link which has had no reported issues:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki...

I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and let us know how it goes. I'll keep working with you until this is resolved.

 

Hi there

Remember there's also a WINDOWS Firewall -- try (as a test) turning that off too. Then see if there are some rules which will allow you to selectively open ports (remember to have appropriate rules for both OUTBOUND and INBOUND stuff).

Windows firewall settings easily available from Control Panel (yes it's still there --right mouse click on Windows symbol (start menu) and from control panel choose Windows Firewall.

Cheers
jimbo

 

Hey dude yes i tried turning the windows firewall completely off and still get the same results. What seems weird is that the port sometimes opens and most of the time does not. I found this out this morning how it opened for the server once and now it is not working again. This is weird. thanks for the answer though