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     3 * Vista and Samba.

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     5 By default, you cannot authenticate and share files to and from Mac OS X or

     6 Linux Samba due to a well known authentication method turned off by default.

     7 To enable this,

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     9 ** Only for Windows Vista Ultimate/Business/Enterprise Editions.

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    11 Goto Start—>Run and open gpedit.msc or secpol.msc

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    13 Select Continue on the User Account Control prompt. This will launch the Group

    14 Policy Object Editor for the Local Computer Policy.

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    16 In the Group Policy Object Editor, expand:

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    18 -> Computer Configuration

    19 -> Windows Settings

    20 -> Security Settings

    21 -> Local Policies

    22 -> Security Options

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    24 Open the ‘Network security: LAN Manager authentication level’ policy and change the Security Setting to:

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    26 Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated

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    28 ** Windows Vista Home Edition.

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    30 Since Windows Vista Home Edition does not feature the Group Policy Editor, you

    31 may do the following to enable this feature:

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    33 Goto Start—>Run—> and type regedit.

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    35 Select Continue on the User Account Control prompt.

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    37 Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa

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    39 Create the following DWORD value (if it doesn’t exist): LmCompatibilityLevel

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    41 And set its value to: 1