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Old April 16th 07, 12:29 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.networking
David Oltmann
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Default WinMe to Vista networking glitch

Hmmmm!
After trying all the things mentioned in the earlier postings am still
unable to access Vista files from Me though Me files from Vista are readily
available.
Vista folders show up on Me but won't open. Display is the proverbial "not
responding" for those particular network locations.
Any further ideas would be appreciated.

Sincerely,
Mr. David Oltmann

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Old April 16th 07, 01:17 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.networking
Mike M
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Default WinMe to Vista networking glitch

David Oltmann wrote:

Hmmmm!
After trying all the things mentioned in the earlier postings am still
unable to access Vista files from Me though Me files from Vista are
readily available.
Vista folders show up on Me but won't open. Display is the proverbial
"not responding" for those particular network locations.
Any further ideas would be appreciated.


I've seen this myself and know how frustrating it can be. If you have not
already done so create a user with the same username and password on the
Vista box as is being used on the box running Win Me.
--
Mike Maltby



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Old April 16th 07, 03:34 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.networking
Steve Winograd [MVP]
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Default WinMe to Vista networking glitch

In article ,
"David Oltmann" wrote:
Hmmmm!
After trying all the things mentioned in the earlier postings am still
unable to access Vista files from Me though Me files from Vista are readily
available.
Vista folders show up on Me but won't open. Display is the proverbial "not
responding" for those particular network locations.
Any further ideas would be appreciated.

Sincerely,
Mr. David Oltmann


Microsoft ended support for Windows 95 in 2001 and for Windows 98/Me
in 2006. Therefore, Microsoft doesn't support File and Printer
Sharing between Vista and 95/98/Me.

In my testing, 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 - Windows Networking
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ
http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm
 




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