My Vista PC recognizes a MacBook Pro (OS 10.4.10) on 'MShome' lan but when I
try a network log on to the Mac from my PC it rejects the correct name and
password.
So far I can tell, the network settings are correct on both machines and the
Mac can detect and access shared drives on the PC.

Please help

TIA,

Geoff

Geoff Stone wrote:
My Vista PC recognizes a MacBook Pro (OS 10.4.10) on 'MShome' lan but
when I try a network log on to the Mac from my PC it rejects the correct
name and password.
So far I can tell, the network settings are correct on both machines and
the Mac can detect and access shared drives on the PC.

OS X uses Samba. Make sure you have created identical users/passwords on
both machines. I'm assuming that you know how to set Windows sharing on
the Mac. For Vista:

Change Vista's security settings to permit lower-security
authentications. (as below)

To enable Windows Vista to connect to Mac OS X with Windows File Sharing
enabled, you will need to change the following policy in Windows Vista:

StartRunsecpol.msc [enter]

Click on "Local Policies" -- "Security Options"

Navigate to the policy "Network Security: LAN Manager authentication
level" and double-click it to get its Properties. By default Windows
Vista sets the policy to "NTVLM2 responses only". Use the drop-down
arrow to change this to "LM and NTLM – use NTLMV2 session security if
negotiated".

In Vista Home Premium, you won't have this tool so per Steve Winograd, do:

1. Run the registry editor and open this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Lsa

1. If it doesn't already exist, create a DWORD value named
LmCompatibilityLevel

3. Set the value to 1

4. Reboot


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