Comments on: Connecting to Mac File Sharing via Vista

By: pamma

pamma — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:15:36 +0000

Hi I have a broken powerbook g4, Screen is not working I am not able to see anything on g4 and I tried to connect g4 to another lcd monitor but still screen is blank. I want to copy files from g4 to pc (vista). Could you help me. thanks

By: Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:55:58 +0000

Didn't work for me

(Vista home pro, and mac 10.6)

By: Valerie

Valerie — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:29:07 +0000

I was thrilled to find an answer that was easy and worked the first time. Vista 32bit >> OSX Leopard.

Thanks! I was not looking forward to even owning Vista, but I really need to test my websites in various environments.

By: Darwin

Darwin — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:09:46 +0000

It may be an ancient thread, but it really is valuable if you are tearing your hair out. I have only a little left, so... I just upgraded to Vista Ult64 and had less than stellar results with the connections. My issue is that I needed to connect my mac to my local workgroup. (generally the opposite of what is discussed here. I also use parallels with both XP and Vista Ult available.

However, connections to the Vista machine/workgroup was spotty at best. After looking through this list, two comments stood out: DON'T use dashes in your Vista PC name! My pc was named Mediacenter-PC. I changed it to MediacenterPC. AND Use the Administrative tools -> Local Security Policies -> Local Policies,

Then scroll down the list until you get to Microsoft Network Server: entries. and change these: Amount of idle time required before suspending session: 99999 Disconnect clients when logon hours expire: Disabled

Network Security entries. There are a couple things there that have changed in Vista: Force Logoff when logon hours expire: Set this to Disabled LAN Manager Authentication Level: Set this to Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated

I did these, rebooted, and attempted to access my vista machine from my mac. I used finder then command-K The entry is SMB://vistamachinename

It popped right up and asked me for the user/password for the vista machine. Even if you don't have your drives shared, you can add /C$ or /D$ in the SMB line to get directly to your drives.

Hope this helps - Saved my bacon...

By: eric

eric — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 05:20:48 +0000

I know this a comparatively ancient thread, but I was searching for an answer, so maybe it will help others...

In an additional twist, while using vista 64 connecting to 10.4.11, I found that I had to change the vista computer name to not contain a hyphen. So, computer name was eric-PC, and the policy NTLMv2 fix made no difference. I changed the name to ericpc (NTLMv2 change applied), and it started working.

For what it's worth...

By: bOo

bOo — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:00:19 +0000

For all users that want to “see” another hard drive with this method, download a little app called SharePoints for mac, it´s really simple to use. Just download it, copy app folder to your app mac folder and run it. Then u can select wich folder (or volume) u want to share.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:41:16 +0000

zhong: This depends on the game. If the game is developed for Mac OS, supports lan gaming and has a Windows version as well, they usually can play together.

If not, and you own a intel Mac, you can install boot camp and windows to play the game.

By: zhong yu

zhong yu — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:21:37 +0000

i want to know if like lan games with microsoft can i play lan games if i had a mac and everyone else had microsoft computers?

By: Mark H

Mark H — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:26:11 +0000

Worked like a charm!!

By: joel

joel — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 05:27:34 +0000

wow. you have no idea how many things i tried before arriving at your site. this fix is so simple! and it is the only thing that worked! thanks tons.

By: Bjorn

Bjorn — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:55:23 +0000

Perfect! Thank you so much. Been looking for a solution for days now.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:30:28 +0000

I tried looking it up in /etc/smb.conf by terminal and did not see it. Any other suggestions?

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:18:11 +0000

Thanks a bunch your a star

By: possum

possum — Mon, 12 May 2008 05:53:08 +0000

did exactly that but i have an external hardrive formatted mac. Cannot even detect the device :s

By: JP

JP — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:23:51 +0000

That is a TRULY USEFUL tip. Thank you SO MUCH.

I was using Vista Ult64 and trying to connect to my 10.4 Mac. (“Why upgrade?” )

You do indeed have to do exactly this:

â€œClick Windows Visa Start Orb In search box, type â€œregeditâ€ and return Once regedit opens, click File -> export to make a backup copy Navigate to Computer HKEYLOCALMACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Control Lsa. In the right pane, right-click the â€œLmCompatibilityLevelâ€ key and select â€œmodifyâ€ Change the value from 3 to 1 Exit regedit and you should now be able to properly authenticate to your Mac OS X (or other Samba) share.â€

thank you SO MUCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:37:37 +0000

Well I did what you said with my new vista laptop and nothing changed. We have an imac in the house with leopard on it. I can view the mac and the printers on it but I am unable to see the public folder even after doing what you said. I can't login to see more either. Please Help! The mac can see me just fine by the way.

Thanks a Lot,

Mike

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:43:17 +0000

You can also change this setting using the “Local Security Policy” GUI app, it’s located in “Administrative Tools” under the start button.

Click on “Local Policies” and “Security Options” Find the “Network security: LAN Manager authentication level” item and change its popup value to “Send LM & NTLM – use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated”

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:08:30 +0000

Brilliant stuff, this worked perfectly!!! Been pulling my hair out all day Cheers!!!

Although if anyone can give me the settings for Norton 360 as that blocks everything that the network wants to do…..i can only network with this disabled.

Kind regards

By: Tovarasu'

Tovarasu' — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:41:18 +0000

Hi!

very good indeed, your post, works perfectly.

But i still don't know what to do to my mac to see vista.... george bush was to fast for me. please reply if find a solution, I'll do the same.

By: Risa

Risa — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:24:05 +0000

Thank you so much for posting this. I was cursing Vista trying to figure out why they heck it could access my Mac. After getting an XP machine to access the mac I knew it was vista. You provided the perfect answer and saved me lots of effort. Thank you!