One of the new default Vista security policy settings needs to be adjusted
For Vista Ultimate:
Start,Run secpol.msc [enter]
Click on Local Policies then Security Options
Navigate to
Network Security: LAN Manager authentication level
double-click to display Properties.
The default Windows Vista policy is NTVLM2 responses only.
Use the drop-down arrow to change this to
LM and NTLM – use NTLMV2 session security if negotiated
For Vista Home Premium:
Open a cmd prompt “as administrator” and ack the prompt
Type regedit [enter]
Navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
If it doesn’t already exist, create a DWORD value named LmCompatibilityLevel
Set the value to 1 and reboot
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You replied to my post on Microsoft’s Windows Vista Community boards, pointing to this article. I have "Vista Business" which it turns out, functions as Vista Ultimate for the purpose of altering the authentication process.
I’ve managed to connect to my Mac OSX machine now. Thank you.
I’m still really stumped as to why Microsoft would ship Vista with the ability to connect to a Mac turned off. My mind, it boggles.