upnp

A critical security vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-48821, has been discovered in the Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Device Host service. This flaw allows an authorized attacker on the same network to elevate their privileges, potentially gaining control over affected systems...

Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is undoubtedly one of Microsoft’s most convenient features for device discovery and network management. However, contributors to its functionality can sometimes open unexpected doors for cyber attackers. The newly disclosed CVE-2025-27484 vulnerability...

I have a PC running Windows running Windows 10 ver. 22H2 and a laptop running the same, except for a minor variation in the build, on my home network. Both have an OS partition and a Data partition. I want to access the Data partition of the other from each machine, but cannot. I am able to see...

Hello everyone! I have a problem with network that make no sense to me 8 PCs on network, all with windows 10 Pro. What did a do on all PCs? 1º) Same workgroup and named 2º) Network conection set to DHCP, IP v6 disabled, and Netbios active 3º) services set to auto and running: -DNS Client -...

Hi. My Nvidia shield pro is wired to my router and also my router has a HDD attached to it, like a NAS. I can access the contents of the USB drive on my Nvidia Shield pro and can access the NAS using my Android phone via FX explorer app. However, using my laptop which is on WiFi and on the...

Hi folks, This happened out of nowhere: today, all of a sudden, I can't see the network stations when I click on Network from the server. The stations can see the server and everything is working fine from their end. I checked Network Discovery on the server and it is ON. I also checked the...

I have 2 computers one is running windows 8.1 and one is running windows 7. There are no issues with the windows 8.1 one. However the Windows 7 is old and has a weak graphics card and is unable to display the wireless display. I checked online for solution but found out that it will not work...

I was reading today HowTo Geek and came across an article about UPNP and how dangerous it was to leave it running due to security holes that can be exploited. Just offhand I decided to disable it in my router to see if there was any problems. Well, I was unable to connect to the internet. Now...

Hello All, I have a very strange problem which I am assuming is some wrong with the Apple Bonjour service. It appears that it only work one way. By this I mean, the Win7 64-bit Ultimate system can be seen by other computers and devices but IT cannot see other computers and devices. Here's...

I am looking in my logs for my router and it seems MSNMSGR is constantly renewing via UPnP. Any idea what is going on? 12:29:44 2011 UPnP added entry 255.255.255.255 <-> 69.116.82.172:59619 <-> 192.168.0.198:59619 TCP timeout:0 'MSNMSGR' [INFO] Tue Mar 01 12:29:44 2011 UPnP deleted entry...

Hello there, Hope someone can help me here..... Last week i bought a PlayOn HD network media player and have been having constant problems trying to share my folders to my PC running Win 7 since... I set up my folders to share on my PC and switched on my media player.....i selected...

I am pulling my hair out trying to get a few things sorted out with my home setup. I have media pc running windows 7 ultimate. But trying to stream AVI files over Cat6 cable to my local network to my media player [zensonic/ziova z500] just doesnt work, I can see the folders but not the...

I have tried this question several ways still to no avail. So will try again. I have a w7 pc on wired local network, also VMWARE xp mode on w7 machine and vista laptop and network media player. I need to be able to share the media files on the w7 machine to the local network so that the media...

I'm trying to get Network Discovery to stay on, but it always reverts to off. In trying to activate the UPnP service for this but get the error message 1079..the account specified for this service is different from the account specified for other services running in the same process. This may be...

I have spent the last two hours trying to open a port for a remote control application. I have tomato 1.27 running on an asus wl500gP router. I am running windows 7 ultimate i have an Arris voip modem through comcast The problem is this, i forwarded the port correctly in tomato yet the port...

Hi guys, A few days ago I started getting this annoying problem, my internet disconnects after a few minutes, I need to disconnect and restart the router to get it back for a few minutes before it disconnects again. I tried the "troubleshoot problems" a few times, but all it says is that it...

I've just got an Acer 1810TZ laptop running Windows 7 Home and I've got some connectivity problems - i don't know if they are linked or separate issues. Wireless connection I'm trying to connect to the internet wirelessly through a Draytek Vigor2600G router. The router has got a Network key...

I have been reading with interest Optic-Flare's thread. I did notice there seems to have been no resolution. I cannot get my two XBOX 360's to communicate (via hard wire) to my WMC7 PC. Three things I have noticed: 1) Xbox Live connections work fine, 2) the Media Center Extender Service can...

So I've been having some major issues with Windows Media Player. I wouldn't really mind, because the general library function works perfectly otherwise and it's perfect with foobar2000, but Windows 7 has a very nice integration with the Sonos music system (UPnP) which allows streaming over the...

Alright here is where I stand: 1. Wired Desktop x32 win 7 (build 7057) 2. Wireless Laptop x32 win 7 (build 7057) 3. Just put clean OS on to them this week 4. Connections > Properties > IPv6 Enable on both PCs 5. Both connect to Internet 6. Both use same router to connect...