OK...let me just say...THIS WORKED! I followed the steps and now my PC and
Mac are on speaking terms again...thank you Malke!!!

Frank

p.s. for other users..in vista the run menu is no longer on the start menu -
so just search for "secpol.msc" and then double click it



"Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> frankmcma wrote:
>> I had my XP machine and my Mac G5 on my office network, I could share
>> folders, access each machine on the other, everything.
>>
>> After Vista Ultimate upgrade, I cannot get either to talk, not on the
>> network, via shared folders, nothing...
>>
>> Any advice on how to get them connected? Thanks!!
>>
>> Frank
>
> I'm assuming the G5 is running some version of OS X and I'm assuming
> you've got sharing set up correctly since it worked with XP. I'm also
> assuming that you set up network sharing in Vista but it just isn't
> working. I just went through this with not being able to even see my
> MacBook from Vista. This will make it all better:
>
> Start>Run>secpol.msc [enter]
>
> Click on "Local Policies">"Security Options"
>
> Navigate to the policy "Network Security: LAN Manager authentication
> level" and double-click it to get its Properties. By default Windows Vista
> sets the policy to "NTVLM2 responses only". Use the drop-down arrow to
> change this to "LM and NTLM – use NTLMV2 session security if negotiated".
>
>
> Malke
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