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NETWORKING VISTA WITH WINDOWS ME
What's problem? This search result is about vista and w98, but it may help,
Networking between Vista and w98can access each others resources in both directions except the new Vista computer. I was able to get the Vista computer to connect to the Win98 shares by ... http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...71bbb4 f6e376 Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com "aaron" wrote in message ... I am having trouble with networking my windows vista ultimate with windows me |
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NETWORKING VISTA WITH WINDOWS ME
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wrote: I am having trouble with networking my windows vista ultimate with windows me Vista should be able to access shared folders belonging to Windows Me. If that's what you're having trouble with, please post another news group message with full details of the situation: how you've configured each computer, how you're trying to access Me from Vista, what happens when you do it, complete text of all error messages, etc. I'm sure that someone can help. Lots of people are having trouble accessing Vista's shared folders from Me, and I don't know of a solution. I've spoken with some networking people at Microsoft about this. As I understand it, Microsoft doesn't support Vista sharing its folders over a network with computers running Windows 95/98/Me. That capability isn't part of Vista's design, they haven't tested it, and there's no guarantee that it will work. I've seen the following problems when trying to access Vista's shared folders from 95/98/Me. I give a solution to #1 below. I'd love to know if anyone has found a solution to #2 and #3: 1. Incompatible default network authentication protocols. Windows 95/98/Me uses LM and NTLM authentication. Vista uses NTLMv2 authentication. This causes a prompt for the IPC$ password on 95/98/Me when password protected sharing is enabled on Vista. There is no valid response to the IPC$ prompt. 2. Incomplete enumeration of shares. 95/98/Me only sees some of Vista's shared folders. The names of some shared folders are truncated, making them inaccessible. 3. Instability. Accessing Vista's shared folders makes 95/98/Me hang or crash. If you want to try accessing Vista's shared folders from 95/98/Me, I recommend taking these safety measures first: make a restore point on Vista, and back up your important data on all computers. Here's how to configure Vista to use LM and NTLM authentication to allow access from 95/98/Me when password protected sharing is enabled. I'd like to thank my fellow MVP Evan Pearce, who helped me understand and test this: 1. Click the Start button, type "regedit" in the Start Search box, and press Enter. 2. Click "Continue" in the User Account Control prompt. 3. Open this registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Lsa 4. If they don't already exist, create DWORD values named LmCompatibilityLevel and NoLmHash. 5. Set LmCompatibilityLevel to 1. 6. Set NoLmHash to 0. 7. Restart the Vista computer. 8. Go to Control Panel User Accounts, click "Change your password", enter your current password in the boxes for "Current password", "New password", and "Confirm new password", and click "Change password". -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program http://mvp.support.microsoft.com |
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NETWORKING VISTA WITH WINDOWS ME
"aaron" wrote: I am having trouble with networking my windows vista ultimate with windows me I am just not able to network them together. I am running on a router but I cannot access sharing and the windows ME name doesn't appear. |