diff --git a/NzbDrone.Common/EnviromentProvider.cs b/NzbDrone.Common/EnviromentProvider.cs
index 95c9e530f..39d0d84a9 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Common/EnviromentProvider.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Common/EnviromentProvider.cs
@@ -142,6 +142,12 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common
             }
         }
 
+        public virtual Version GetOsVersion()
+        {
+            OperatingSystem os = Environment.OSVersion;
+            Version version = os.Version;
 
+            return version;
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Common/NzbDrone.Common.csproj b/NzbDrone.Common/NzbDrone.Common.csproj
index e08702976..fbfdc5348 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Common/NzbDrone.Common.csproj
+++ b/NzbDrone.Common/NzbDrone.Common.csproj
@@ -63,12 +63,24 @@
     <Compile Include="ProcessProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\SharedAssemblyInfo.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="SecurityProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ServiceProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="WebClientProvider.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="packages.config" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <COMReference Include="NetFwTypeLib">
+      <Guid>{58FBCF7C-E7A9-467C-80B3-FC65E8FCCA08}</Guid>
+      <VersionMajor>1</VersionMajor>
+      <VersionMinor>0</VersionMinor>
+      <Lcid>0</Lcid>
+      <WrapperTool>tlbimp</WrapperTool>
+      <Isolated>False</Isolated>
+      <EmbedInteropTypes>True</EmbedInteropTypes>
+    </COMReference>
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Common/SecurityProvider.cs b/NzbDrone.Common/SecurityProvider.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c64b2e0eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Common/SecurityProvider.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Security.Principal;
+using System.Text;
+using NLog;
+using NetFwTypeLib;
+using Ninject;
+using NzbDrone.Common.Model;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Common
+{
+    public class SecurityProvider
+    {
+        private static readonly Logger Logger = LogManager.GetLogger("Host.SecurityProvider");
+
+        private readonly ConfigFileProvider _configFileProvider;
+        private readonly EnviromentProvider _enviromentProvider;
+        private readonly ProcessProvider _processProvider;
+
+        [Inject]
+        public SecurityProvider(ConfigFileProvider configFileProvider, EnviromentProvider enviromentProvider,
+                                    ProcessProvider processProvider)
+        {
+            _configFileProvider = configFileProvider;
+            _enviromentProvider = enviromentProvider;
+            _processProvider = processProvider;
+        }
+
+        public SecurityProvider()
+        {
+        }
+
+        public virtual void MakeAccessible()
+        {
+            if (!IsCurrentUserAdmin())
+            {
+                Logger.Trace("User is not an admin, skipping.");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (IsNzbDronePortOpen())
+            {
+                Logger.Trace("NzbDrone port is already open, skippings");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            //Close any old ports
+            var port = CloseFirewallPort();
+
+            //Open the new port
+            OpenFirewallPort(_configFileProvider.Port);
+
+            //Skip Url Register if not Vista or 7
+            if (_enviromentProvider.GetOsVersion().Major < 6)
+                return;
+
+            //Unregister Url (if port != 0)
+            if (port != 0)
+                UnregisterUrl(port);
+
+            //Register Url
+            RegisterUrl(_configFileProvider.Port);
+        }
+
+        public virtual bool IsCurrentUserAdmin()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var currentIdentity = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent();
+
+                if (currentIdentity == null)
+                {
+                    Logger.Trace("Could not obtain the current user.");
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                var principal = new WindowsPrincipal(currentIdentity);
+                return principal.IsInRole(WindowsBuiltInRole.Administrator);
+            }
+            catch(Exception ex)
+            {
+                Logger.TraceException("Error checking is current user is an administrator.", ex);
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public virtual bool IsNzbDronePortOpen()
+        {
+            var netFwMgrType = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("HNetCfg.FwMgr", false);
+            var mgr = (INetFwMgr)Activator.CreateInstance(netFwMgrType);
+
+            if (!mgr.LocalPolicy.CurrentProfile.FirewallEnabled)
+                return false;
+            
+            var ports = mgr.LocalPolicy.CurrentProfile.GloballyOpenPorts;
+
+            foreach (INetFwOpenPort p in ports)
+            {
+                if (p.Port == _configFileProvider.Port)
+                    return true;
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        private bool OpenFirewallPort(int portNumber)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var type = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("HNetCfg.FWOpenPort", false);
+                var port = Activator.CreateInstance(type) as INetFwOpenPort;
+
+                port.Port = portNumber;
+                port.Name = "NzbDrone";
+                port.Protocol = NET_FW_IP_PROTOCOL_.NET_FW_IP_PROTOCOL_TCP;
+                port.Enabled = true;
+
+                var netFwMgrType = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("HNetCfg.FwMgr", false);
+                var mgr = (INetFwMgr)Activator.CreateInstance(netFwMgrType);
+                var ports = mgr.LocalPolicy.CurrentProfile.GloballyOpenPorts;
+
+                ports.Add(port);
+                return true;
+            }
+            catch(Exception ex)
+            {
+                Logger.Trace("Failed to open port in firewall for NzbDrone" + portNumber, ex);
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private int CloseFirewallPort()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var netFwMgrType = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("HNetCfg.FwMgr", false);
+                var mgr = (INetFwMgr)Activator.CreateInstance(netFwMgrType);
+                var ports = mgr.LocalPolicy.CurrentProfile.GloballyOpenPorts;
+
+                var portNumber = 8989;
+
+                foreach (INetFwOpenPort p in ports)
+                {
+                    if (p.Name == "NzbDrone")
+                    {
+                        portNumber = p.Port;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (portNumber != _configFileProvider.Port)
+                {
+                    ports.Remove(portNumber, NET_FW_IP_PROTOCOL_.NET_FW_IP_PROTOCOL_TCP);
+                    return portNumber;
+                }
+            }
+            catch(Exception ex)
+            {
+                Logger.Trace("Failed to close port in firewall for NzbDrone", ex);
+            }
+
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        private bool RegisterUrl(int portNumber)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo()
+                {
+                    FileName = "netsh.exe",
+                    Arguments = string.Format("http add urlacl http://*:{0}/ user=EVERYONE", portNumber)
+                };
+
+                var process = _processProvider.Start(startInfo);
+                process.WaitForExit(5000);
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            catch(Exception ex)
+            {
+                Logger.Trace("Error registering URL", ex);
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        private bool UnregisterUrl(int portNumber)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo()
+                {
+                    FileName = "netsh.exe",
+                    Arguments = string.Format("http delete urlacl http://*:{0}/", portNumber)
+                };
+
+                var process = _processProvider.Start(startInfo);
+                process.WaitForExit(5000);
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Logger.Trace("Error registering URL", ex);
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/NzbDrone/ApplicationServer.cs b/NzbDrone/ApplicationServer.cs
index b66b3268b..5c8251ad0 100644
--- a/NzbDrone/ApplicationServer.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone/ApplicationServer.cs
@@ -19,12 +19,13 @@ namespace NzbDrone
         private readonly IISProvider _iisProvider;
         private readonly ProcessProvider _processProvider;
         private readonly MonitoringProvider _monitoringProvider;
+        private readonly SecurityProvider _securityProvider;
         private readonly WebClient _webClient;
 
         [Inject]
         public ApplicationServer(ConfigFileProvider configFileProvider, WebClient webClient, IISProvider iisProvider,
                            DebuggerProvider debuggerProvider, EnviromentProvider enviromentProvider,
-                           ProcessProvider processProvider, MonitoringProvider monitoringProvider)
+                           ProcessProvider processProvider, MonitoringProvider monitoringProvider, SecurityProvider securityProvider)
         {
             _configFileProvider = configFileProvider;
             _webClient = webClient;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone
             _enviromentProvider = enviromentProvider;
             _processProvider = processProvider;
             _monitoringProvider = monitoringProvider;
+            _securityProvider = securityProvider;
         }
 
         public ApplicationServer()
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone
         public virtual void Start()
         {
             _iisProvider.StopServer();
+            _securityProvider.MakeAccessible();
             _iisProvider.StartServer();
 
             _debuggerProvider.Attach();