unable to log onto mac from vista

I tried to do the conventional IP address //xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx command to log onto the my MB, I get the UN and PW prompt but no matter what I do I just can't log onto my mac. Does anyone know what I need to do?

Ah, I had this problem a little while back.

This worked for me:

In regedit:
Navigate to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlS et\Control\Lsa
In the right pane, right-click the "LmCompatibilityLevel" key and select "modify"
Change the value from 3 to 1

I now click on Start>Run and type \\NameOfMacBook and press ENTER this allows me to browse my MacBook just as I used to be able to do with Win XP.

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Hope it works for you.

On your Vista system try this. Worked for me.

Click "Start -> Run." Then, type in the Run field: "secpol.msc." That will bring you to Vista's security policy system. Once there, use "Go to: Local Policies > Security Options" and then find "Network Security: LAN Manager" authentication level. Once there, change the Setting from "Send NTLMv2 response only" to "Send LM & NTLM -- use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated.


Opps RNDave beat me to it. The registry way works also but I found this easier to do.

or you could also download VMWARE fusion for the mac and run Vista as a virtual machine on your mac

jmiddleton said:

or you could also download VMWARE fusion for the mac and run Vista as a virtual machine on your mac

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This would not have anything to do with my situation. Not even networking related.

Travis, I found that solution online yesterday before I made this post, still no good.

Dave, I believe your way is similar to travis but the regedit way right? Cause mine was already set to 1.