CS:S Dedicated Server Help -Vista User-

[Oblivious]

Note: If I'm posting on the wrong section I'm deeply sorry and sorry me using my first post to "ask for help".

I haven't seen much guides for a Vista version of this but I have seen a lot of Windows Xp.
I've been following this guide: http://planethalflife.gamespy.com/View.php?view=HL2Guides.Detail&id=4&game=3#requirements
I have completed most of what the guide says and I have a mani admin mod installed onto my game. Port forwarding seems quite simple but I don't know if it works since this guide says some port ranges are messed up, which confuses me a lot. I run on a DIR-625 D-Link router and since I trust it, I don't really get confused on the ranges but this is out of curiosity. I don't think I have a static ip since I took it away and re-enabled automatic ip address' and DNS servers. Even though I said I completed most of the guide I didn't complete some parts before Mani like the RCon. For some strange reason I can't connect to my server on CS:S but I can see it clearly on my favorites and such. I am thinking Vista is blocking something else without me knowing so that the server can't host. I went to my Windows Firewall also and ported their but that didn't seem to help. I can't find any other possible solutions. I am very patient so I can wait a while or two for posts or any solutions you may have.

I'm too lazy to type down all my info so XFire did it for me. Hopefully that helps.
Manufacturer:
HP-Pavilion
Processor:
AMD Phenom™ 9500 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs), ~2.2GHz
Memory:
3070MB RAM
Hard Drive:
309 GB
Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Monitor:
HP w2207 Wide LCD Monitor
Sound Card:
Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Operating System:
Windows Vista

[Mooga]

Are you hosting and playing on the same computer?

[Oblivious]

Yes I am.

[Mooga]

That's your problem, you shouldn't do that.
It's called a DEDICATED server for a reason.