Friday, December 26, 2008

Vista networking resources

Successful Sharing involves some general consideration in Network settings,

http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html

As well as specific adjustment of each computer according to what it is
allowed to be shared.

Vista File and Printer Sharing-

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx

Windows XP File Sharing -

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304040

Printer Sharing XP -

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/honeycutt_july2.mspx

Windows Native Firewall setting for Sharing XP -

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875357

Windows XP patch for Sharing with Vista -

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120

Mapping drives in Vista

Press Start.
Type CMD in the Start Search box and press enter.
Right click on cmd.exe and choose run as administrator.

At the command prompt, use the following command:

net use x: \\computername\sharename /persistent:yes

(x is the drive letter you wish to assign.)

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Make NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices work in Vista

If you are like me and have a NAS device on your network that is not
compatible with Windows Vista, now you can tweak Windows Vista to make
it work again. You do not even have to wait for your device manufacturer
to release a new firmware any more! Just follow these steps below:

Click on the Start Button and key in secpol.msc in the search box and
hit Enter.
When the Local Security Policy editor has loaded, expand Local Policies
and select Security Options.
Scroll through the list and locate "Network Security: LAN Manager
authentication level." Right click on this setting and select Properties.
Change the setting to "Send LM & NTML - use NTLMv2 session security if
negotiated"
Hit OK and your NAS will work again.
Using theses instructions I was able to make my 1 TB Buffalo TeraStation
work with Windows Vista. Prior to changing the authentication level, I
could not access any secured shares on my NAS.

-- From 9/1/2006 by Steve Sinchak
http://www.tweakvista.com/article39001.aspx

Tuesday, December 09, 2008