Nmap For Windows Xp Sp2

I started to read a metasploit guide book so I set up 2 Machines in VirtualBox for pen testing (host - BT 5, the second - WinXP SP2). When I m trying to scan open ports with NMAP on the Windows machine, it appears that all ports are closed, even if I turn off the Firewall. Ive tried to open SMB port through network connection center but it also didn`t help. Why all the ports are closed and how can I open some of them (at least the most common - SMB, HTTP etc)?Edit:Both of the machines working on NAT (10.0.0.x) and accept ping from each other.I tried: nmap -sS -A WinIP (also tried -sN/-sT)In each scan the result was the same - all ports are closed.Thanks in advance!

• Nmap Powershell
• Windows Sp2 Xp

Nmap Powershell

The ports you mentioned are open for specific services and servers that run on the host. The NMAP scan fails because even though the firewall is disabled, when the packet gets to the OS it has nothing to do with it, so it just drops it.When you install a service on your computer it listens for certain packets on a particular port.

Windows Sp2 Xp

If you were going to browse the internet on a machine, its not going to open port 80 (because web server run on port 80) but rather a port between 1023-65535.If you were to install a on your windows xp machine, it will listen for packets on port 80. NMAP should find the open port 80.