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