Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Forcing Windows 7 to connect to SAMBA using old authentication method
For Windows 7 Pro
For Windows 7 Home
- Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\LsaCreate a new DWORD value with the following properties: NAME: LmCompatibilityLevel VALUE: 1
- from the run command or from a cmd window run secpol.msc
- go to “Local Policies” -> “Security Options” -> “Network Security: LAN Manager authentication level”
- change to “LM and NTLM – use NTLMV2 session security if negotiated”
- Press the OK button
For Windows 7 Home
- Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\LsaCreate a new DWORD value with the following properties: NAME: LmCompatibilityLevel VALUE: 1