How to find open ports on a computer on windows machines

To find open ports on a computer, you can use netstat command line.

1. To display all open ports, open DOS command, type netstat and press Enter.
2. To list all listening ports, use netstat -an |find /i "listening" command.
3. To see what ports your computer actually communicates with, use netstat -an |find /i "established"
4. To find specified open port, use find switch. For example, to find if the port 445 is open or not, do netstat -an |find /i "445".
5. You can use PULIST from the Windows Resource Kit to find which process is using a specified port. For example, pulist |find /i "4125" may display