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Ed3333
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 Vista laptop won’t recognize Window 2000 Server network
Mapped drives, Network drives, Vista compatibility, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Hello, I'm having a great deal of trouble getting a laptop with Vista Home Premium to recognize our network (and map a network drive). We have Windows 2000 Server here with many XP Pro laptops, but this is the first Vista. I've tried turning off the firewall, disabling antivirus, everything. I have internet access, but can't seem to map a network drive. It says "The account is not authorized to log in from this station." Can you help me? Thanks, Ed

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ASKED: January 30, 2009  12:38 AM
UPDATED: January 30, 2009  6:51 PM
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Question?? "I have Internet access" Do you mean by this that you have access to the Internet through your network/router, or if you hook the vista laptop to an Internet connection you have Internet access? My first thought here is to make sure that within TCP/IP settings of your network card, you have IPv6 disabled.
Last Wiki Answer Submitted:  January 30, 2009  5:26 am  by  Limbo   60 pts.
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Thanks Limbo, but I have finally figured it out. It was an SMB signing issue. I needed to make this change in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServiceslanmanworkstationparameters

enablesecuritysignature [REG_DWORD] = 0×0

Cheers,
Ed

Ed3333
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