File Sharing between Vista and Mac

[Kishan]

I need help with sharing some of my files and folders between my Vista Laptop and my Wifes Apple notebook. Previously I could share between my XP and the Apple but now that I've upgraded to Vista I can't seem to share my files. Vista says that I have the folders shared and the Apple can see the folder but can not see any of the sub-directories or files. Can any one help?

[MattyBoy]

Easy. This assumes that you've set up Windows Sharing in the Mac already. Don't forget to create matching user accounts and passwords on both machines. You do not need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords assigned to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords just need to exist and match on all machines. If you wish a machine to boot directly to the Desktop (into one particular user's account on the Vista laptop) for convenience, you can do this. The instructions at this link work for both XP and Vista:

Follow this scenario for setting up your Vista sharing:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx

[Justrahul]

I'm new to this forum. I still can't get my pc to connect with my mac. I set the value to 1 (it was set to 3) rebooted, and still can't access my mac by selecting "Map Network Drive". What am I doing wrong? I was able to file share when I had XP.

[Rawko]

You need to make sure you've correctly configured your firewalls on both machines to allow the Local Area Network as trusted. To enable Windows Vista to connect to Mac OS X with Windows File Sharing enabled, you will need to change the following policy in Windows Vista:

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".

In Vista Home Premium, you won't have this tool so do:

1. Run the registry editor and open this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa

1. If it doesn't already exist, create a DWORD value named
LmCompatibilityLevel

3. Set the value to 1

4. Reboot