Vista - ME/Vista network problem

Here's some info that might be helpful, although it sounds like your problem
is in the other direction, Bill. However, I'm just putting this out there in
case.

Cannot Authenticate to a Shared Folder from a Windows Vista-based Computer
If you cannot authenticate when accessing a shared folder from a Windows
Vista-based computer on a computer running a version of Windows prior to
Windows XP (such as Windows 98 and Windows 95), a computer running an
operating system other than Microsoft Windows, or to a network device, the
cause might be a mismatch in the configured support for NTLM 2, an
authentication protocol that is used for file and printer sharing
connections. By default, Windows Vista is configured to use NTLM 2.


To address this issue, you can do one of the following:

a.. Enable NTLM 2 support on the computer or device to which the Windows
Vista-based computer is attempting to connect. For computers running
versions of Windows prior to Windows XP, see How to enable NTLM 2
authentication (URL:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/239869). For computers
running operating systems other than Windows, see the operating system's
product documentation for information about how to enable NTLM 2 support.
For network devices, see the device's product documentation or Web site for
information about how to enable NTLM 2 support or download a firmware update
that supports NTLM 2. This is the preferred solution.


a.. If you cannot update the computers running operating systems other
than Windows or your network devices to support NTLM 2, change the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\LMCompatibilityLevel
registry value on the computer running Windows Vista to 1. This solution is
not recommended.
Thanks, and good luck!
Gloria

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Gloria Boyer
Windows User Assistance
Microsoft Corporation
"N. Miller" <anonymous@msnews.aosake.net> wrote in message
news:3kia2jomltyt$.dlg@msnews.aosake.net...
> On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 23:01:10 -0800, TedF wrote:
>
>> I don't think ME can read NTFS.
>
> Doesn't need to. I have two computers with NTFS, and the Windows ME
> computer
> has no problem with file sharing. It appears to be some kind of Windows
> Vista security issue involving passwords. I had trouble with password
> protected shares on the Windows ME computer in that something about the
> Windows MCE 2005 computers couldn't automatically mount the network
> drives.
> Despite being based on Windows XP, Windows MCE apparently lacks the
> ability
> to save passwords. The quick and dirty solution was to remove password
> protection on the Windows ME shares; not a problem on a wired LAN with
> only
> two users.
>
> --
> Norman
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