I got problems to connect my brandnew WIN Home Premium 64bit to a Linux Samba server - running Samba 2.2. I understand i need secpol.msc for changing my policys and the windows home version do not have this tool. (Poor) But secpol is a GUI for the registry only - so I updated my registry manually. I added the following registry key LmCompatibilityLevel as REG_DWORD 1 or 2 inside Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa. Additionally i tryed the NoLMHash with the values 0 or 1 But nothing worked. Maybe there is another solution for connecting? Any ideas or answers? Thank you in advance.

Hi, Please refer to the suggestions from the link below to troubleshoot the issue. NTLMv2 Secure Authentication method Thanks, Novak

Thanks for your quick help! But this was what I did. I added the key to the registry Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\LmCompatibilityLevel as DWORD with 1. This combination still fails. I am afraid there must be another problem. You can refer the current registry screenshot AFTER the changing with this link: http://cid-329f5285c9e05b83.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Album1/registry%20after%20change.jpg (I am sorry - but I did not found a way to put this picture here directly). Maybe there are more ideas?

Hi, Can other Windows machine access the Linux Samba server successfully? At this stage, I suggest you remove the LmCompatibilityLevel and then recreate it via above link. Also, please temporarily turn off firewall on the machine. If the issue persists, I suggest you refer to the following article to configure network on Samba. Windows, Linux and Samba Note: The third-party product discussed here is manufactured by a company that is independent of Microsoft. We make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability. Thanks, Novak

Thanks again. I guess I found a solution: As I said above I put the registry key for LmCompatibilityLevel inside the registry - but my system with WIN 7 Home Premium 64bit is still not available to connect a running Samba server using the Windows network environment function . Login with username and password gives an error. (All the other Win XP clients can connect the Samba server.) BUT: It is possible to connect the samba server directly with using net use and a assigned path specification, e.g. with the cmd file below: net use u: /del net use v: /del REM pause net use REM pause net use /persistent:yes net use u: \\xxx4\mydocs pw /user:user1 net use v: \\xxx4\public pw /user:user1 pause (where xxx4 is the samba server, pw = password and user1 = user). At the end i got the path \mydocs at drive U: and \public at drive V: This works pretty well. Maybe this can help for other ones with similar problems. Greetings and thanks for you help.

Hi, Thank you for letting me know how you resolved this issue. I have added this information to our internal database. This information will be used to assist us in quickly resolving similar issues other users may encounter. Regards, Novak