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−* Vista and Samba.
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−By default, you cannot authenticate and share files to and from Mac OS X or
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−Linux Samba due to a well known authentication method turned off by default.
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−To enable this,
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−** Only for Windows Vista Ultimate/Business/Enterprise Editions.
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−Goto Start—>Run and open gpedit.msc or secpol.msc
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−Select Continue on the User Account Control prompt. This will launch the Group
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−Policy Object Editor for the Local Computer Policy.
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−In the Group Policy Object Editor, expand:
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−-> Computer Configuration
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−-> Windows Settings
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−-> Security Settings
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−-> Local Policies
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−-> Security Options
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−Open the ‘Network security: LAN Manager authentication level’ policy and
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−change the Security Setting to:
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−Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated
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−** Windows Vista Home Edition.
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−Since Windows Vista Home Edition does not feature the Group Policy Editor, you
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−may do the following to enable this feature:
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−Goto Start—>Run—> and type regedit.
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−Select Continue on the User Account Control prompt.
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−Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
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−Create the following DWORD value (if it doesn’t exist): LmCompatibilityLevel
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−And set its value to: 1