April 2009 archive

XP SP3 cannot connect to Vista Ult SP1

I could not get our Windows XP SP3 machine to connect to our Vista SP1 “server” machine.  I found the solution at: http://www.techsupportforum.com/microsoft-support/windows-vista-support/227510-solved-vista-sp1-changed-sharing-behavior.html Solution: The XP machine’s Local Security Policy had to be changed to enforce NTLMv2. The user’s problem was described as follows: I upgraded Vista Ultimate to SP1 today and after the update, …

Continue reading