How to enable Windows Mobile Device Center Beta 3 with Windows Live OneCare 1.5 Beta

Oct 14, 2006 | blog

Windows VistaA big thank-you to Kevin Tofel over on jkOnTheRun for posting this fix for teh Windows Live OneCare 1.5 Beta.

You see, when you run the latest beta of Windows Live OneCare 1.5 with the latest beta of Windows Mobile Device Center, the firewall will block the synchronization ports and application.  The following firewall settings can be manually entered into the Windows Live OneCare firewall to allow Windows Mobile devices to once again synchronize with Windows Vista.

As the self-proclaimed “King of Google Search”, I quickly got the lowdown on the reason why with this thread over at the OneCare forums of all places. Seems as though the Windows Live OneCare 1.5 Beta is overly protective and I had to configure the Firewall with some additional port openings. I also added two of the WMDC executables and one .dll to the OneCare Allowed programs. If you’re a risk taker too, here’s what you need to do:

Configure these ports in the OneCare Firewall settings:

  • port990: open inbound TCP
  • port999: open inbound TCP
  • port5678: open inbound TCP
  • port5679: open outbound UDP
  • port5721: open inbound TCP
  • port26675: open inbound TCP

Allow these files in OneCare:

  • C:WindowsWindowsMobilewmdc.exe
  • C:WindowsWindowsMobilewmdHost.exe
  • C:WindowsWindowsMobilewmdsyncman.dll

These settings worked for my installation and got my MDA syncing again.  Thank you Kevin!

jkOnTheRun: Windows Mobile Device center not playing nice with Windows Live OneCare 1.5?

Is Windows Live OneCare for you?

Jun 12, 2006 | blog

Paul Thurrott has posted a review of Windows Live OneCare on his SuperSite about a week ago (I know, I’m slow).  Looks to be a good review of the product, as Paul gives some background information on the product and how it came to its current form.

Along with some shameless self-promotional plugs, Paul covers the product in detail, along with some good screen shots of OneCare in action.  Performance, usability, and feature set are covered in this review.

Windows Live OneCare is a $50/yr. service provided by Microsoft.  The OneCare product includes a managed firewall, antivirus, anti-malware, and performance tuner in one easy to use package.  The annual service cost of $50 includes the license to run OneCare on up to 3 computers, so it ends up being a great deal.  Compare this product to Symantec and McAfee’s products – it’ll run rings around them (my opinion).

I’ve been using this product for about 9 months, since some of the early betas, and have been continually impressed with the security it provides, and the performance compared with competitor’s products.

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