How to enable Ping on Windows 7,8,8.1 and 10

posted Dec 14, 2015, 1:32 PM by Eric Bucklin


1. Hit the Windows Key
2. Type in Firewall
3. Click on Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
4. Filter for your network type: Private, Domain or Public
5. Right click on File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request - ICMPv4-IN)
6. Click on Enable and you are done.

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