Vista - Unable to Connect to Network Storage Device

HI, I have Windows Vista Home Premium. I've attached my Network Storage
Device(buffallo link station) to my wireless router. But i am unable to
discover/detect the device, where as i could do the same with my other laptop
which is XP Professional.

At last i connected by giving \\192.168.1.5 with credentials, but unable to
see the protected folders. I am unable to connect to protected shared
folders.

And all these are a click-away in Windows XP professional. Can any one help
me solving this problem.

try this
On windows Xp:
1.First click on the nortan Icon.
2.Than click on Nortan Internet Security.
3.Than click open on settings.
4.Under web browsing click Personal Firewall.
5.Click configure.
6.Than click programe control.
7.Scroll down until you see two of the same called Operating system.
8. Click in the scroll down menu and click allow on the first one and the
second one.
9. There might be a third one if you have it than do the same thing.
10.If you see another one named system and below the name says system DONT
CLICK ALLOW!
11.Than cancel out of it. And every thing els. (except this)
12.Click start and than right click on My Computer.
13.Than click Properties.
14 click the Computer Name Tab.
15. Click change...
16. Where it says workgroup. Under it type in WORKGROUP.
Now you are done on the xp computer.

On the Windows Vista computer:
1.First click on the nortan Icon.
2.Than click on Nortan Internet Security.
3.Than click open on settings.
4.Under web browsing click Personal Firewall.
5.Click configure.
6.Than click programe control.
7.Scroll down until you see two of the same called Operating system.
8. Click in the scroll down menu and click allow on the first one and the
second one.
9. There might be a third one if you have it than do the same thing.
10.If you see another one named system and below the name says system DONT
CLICK ALLOW!
11.Than click start and click Network.
12.Than you should see your pc and do what ever you want.
"Kiran" <Kiran@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6CE6B2FE-380C-4398-BA6A-6F1BA6B2F25D@microsoft.com...
> HI, I have Windows Vista Home Premium. I've attached my Network Storage
> Device(buffallo link station) to my wireless router. But i am unable to
> discover/detect the device, where as i could do the same with my other
> laptop
> which is XP Professional.
>
> At last i connected by giving \\192.168.1.5 with credentials, but unable
> to
> see the protected folders. I am unable to connect to protected shared
> folders.
>
> And all these are a click-away in Windows XP professional. Can any one
> help
> me solving this problem.

Thanks Douglas. I will try this method today. But i resolved this problem by
modifying the registry setting. Here it is. By default Windows Vista works
with NTLMv2 Authentication and my buffalo technology link station(NAS) work
with NTLM. so i have to change the authentication level to make it
compatible.

So changed the following registry entry. "LmCompatibilityLevel" to 00000002
at [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa]

- KiranKumar Chilappagari
"Douglas" wrote:

> try this
> On windows Xp:
> 1.First click on the nortan Icon.
> 2.Than click on Nortan Internet Security.
> 3.Than click open on settings.
> 4.Under web browsing click Personal Firewall.
> 5.Click configure.
> 6.Than click programe control.
> 7.Scroll down until you see two of the same called Operating system.
> 8. Click in the scroll down menu and click allow on the first one and the
> second one.
> 9. There might be a third one if you have it than do the same thing.
> 10.If you see another one named system and below the name says system DONT
> CLICK ALLOW!
> 11.Than cancel out of it. And every thing els. (except this)
> 12.Click start and than right click on My Computer.
> 13.Than click Properties.
> 14 click the Computer Name Tab.
> 15. Click change...
> 16. Where it says workgroup. Under it type in WORKGROUP.
> Now you are done on the xp computer.
>
> On the Windows Vista computer:
> 1.First click on the nortan Icon.
> 2.Than click on Nortan Internet Security.
> 3.Than click open on settings.
> 4.Under web browsing click Personal Firewall.
> 5.Click configure.
> 6.Than click programe control.
> 7.Scroll down until you see two of the same called Operating system.
> 8. Click in the scroll down menu and click allow on the first one and the
> second one.
> 9. There might be a third one if you have it than do the same thing.
> 10.If you see another one named system and below the name says system DONT
> CLICK ALLOW!
> 11.Than click start and click Network.
> 12.Than you should see your pc and do what ever you want.
> "Kiran" <Kiran@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6CE6B2FE-380C-4398-BA6A-6F1BA6B2F25D@microsoft.com...
> > HI, I have Windows Vista Home Premium. I've attached my Network Storage
> > Device(buffallo link station) to my wireless router. But i am unable to
> > discover/detect the device, where as i could do the same with my other
> > laptop
> > which is XP Professional.
> >
> > At last i connected by giving \\192.168.1.5 with credentials, but unable
> > to
> > see the protected folders. I am unable to connect to protected shared
> > folders.
> >
> > And all these are a click-away in Windows XP professional. Can any one
> > help
> > me solving this problem.
>
>
>

On Mar 22, 2:20 pm, Kiran <K...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Thanks Douglas. I will try this method today. But i resolved this problem by
> modifying the registry setting. Here it is. By default WindowsVistaworks
> with NTLMv2 Authentication and my buffalo technology link station(NAS) work
> with NTLM. so i have to change the authentication level to make it
> compatible.
>
> So changed the following registry entry. "LmCompatibilityLevel" to 00000002
> at [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa]
>
> - KiranKumar Chilappagari
>
>
>
> "Douglas" wrote:
> > try this
> > On windows Xp:
> > 1.First click on the nortan Icon.
> > 2.Than click on Nortan Internet Security.
> > 3.Than click open on settings.
> > 4.Under web browsing click Personal Firewall.
> > 5.Click configure.
> > 6.Than click programe control.
> > 7.Scroll down until you see two of the same called Operating system.
> > 8. Click in the scroll down menu and click allow on the first one and the
> > second one.
> > 9. There might be a third one if you have it than do the same thing.
> > 10.If you see another one named system and below the name says system DONT
> > CLICK ALLOW!
> > 11.Than cancel out of it. And every thing els. (except this)
> > 12.Click start and than right click on My Computer.
> > 13.Than click Properties.
> > 14 click the Computer Name Tab.
> > 15. Click change...
> > 16. Where it says workgroup. Under it type in WORKGROUP.
> > Now you are done on the xp computer.
>
> > On the WindowsVistacomputer:
> > 1.First click on the nortan Icon.
> > 2.Than click on Nortan Internet Security.
> > 3.Than click open on settings.
> > 4.Under web browsing click Personal Firewall.
> > 5.Click configure.
> > 6.Than click programe control.
> > 7.Scroll down until you see two of the same called Operating system.
> > 8. Click in the scroll down menu and click allow on the first one and the
> > second one.
> > 9. There might be a third one if you have it than do the same thing.
> > 10.If you see another one named system and below the name says system DONT
> > CLICK ALLOW!
> > 11.Than click start and click Network.
> > 12.Than you should see your pc and do what ever you want.
> > "Kiran" <K...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >news:6CE6B2FE-380C-4398-BA6A-6F1BA6B2F25D@microsoft.com...
> > > HI, I have WindowsVistaHome Premium. I've attached my NetworkStorage
> > >Device(buffallo link station) to my wireless router. But i am unable to
> > > discover/detect thedevice, where as i could do the same with my other
> > > laptop
> > > which is XP Professional.
>
> > > At last i connected by giving \\192.168.1.5 with credentials, but unable
> > > to
> > > see the protected folders. I am unable to connect to protected shared
> > > folders.
>
> > > And all these are a click-away in Windows XP professional. Can any one
> > > help
> > > me solving this problem.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I have tried all of these types of tips to get vista to backup to link
station but still no success. No username/password combination
works...I always get some kind of error, can't create the file, can't
find file, no security mapping between id's etc. Has anyone gotten a
vista system to backup to linkstation network storage?