news wrote:
> this is exactly what I did, vista can see one workgroup but not the
> other via network neighborhood. if i point vista directly to the
> servers on the other workgroup (via //server1/share), this works fine.
> but client wants to know why vista can't see the other workgroup via
> network neighborhood. this is how their office has worked for years
> without any problems, until windows vista.
If what your client wants is to see the other computers on the Network
Map, see:
Network Map Does Not Display Computers Running Windows XP - TechNet -
http://tinyurl.com/25tvod
For computers running Windows XP to appear on the Network Map diagram,
you must download and install the LLTD Responder component. With the
LLTD Responder, a computer running Windows XP can respond to other
Windows Vista computers on the network that are attempting to create a
network map.
To install the LLTD Responder to a computer running Windows XP:
1. Download the update for Windows XP from
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=70582
2. Run the update on the computer running Windows XP that you want to
appear on the Network Map.
3. On the Software Update Installation Wizard, click Next.
4. On the License Agreement page, read the license agreement, and if you
agree to the terms, click I Agree, and then click Next.
5. On the final page of the wizard, click Finish.
6. If you are prompted to do so, restart your computer.
7. After your computer running Windows XP restarts, generate a new
Network Map with the computer running Windows XP included.
In addition to this, since this is not a domain make sure that you have
made identical user accounts and passwords on all machines and set share
permissions correctly. For networking with *nix machines, there is
additional work to be done.
The first thing you should do is make sure you have the latest version
of Samba on the *nix machines. Don't forget that you need to add the
Vista user to the *nix machines *AND* to Samba. I think the easiest way
is from the console, so open one, su to root, and type:
smbpasswd -a username [enter]
(enter password)
(enter password again)
In addition to that, Vista no longer permits LM or NTLM authentication
by default, only NTLMv2. You can either change Vista's setting or 1)
make sure you have the latest Samba; 2) change your smb.conf file. For
the latter, enable NTLMv2 by adding "client ntlmv2 auth = yes" (without
the quotes) to smb.conf.
To make the change on Vista:
Start>Run>secpol.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\Control\Lsa
1. If it doesn't already exist, create a DWORD value named
LmCompatibilityLevel
3. Set the value to 1
4. Reboot
Malke
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