Configuring Windows Vista operating systems for using SMB

For Windows® Vista operating systems, shares must be shared for the Guest or Everyone accounts, and password protected sharing must be disabled for the Microsoft® Windows Server Message Broker (SMB) protocol to be used.

About this task

To disable password protected sharing, complete the following steps:

Procedure

  1. Click Control Panel > Networking and Internet > Networking and Internet.
  2. Click the down arrow that is next to Password protected sharing.
  3. Click Turn off password protected sharing.
  4. Click Apply, and exit the control panel.

What to do next

The new User Account Control feature in Windows Vista requires users to complete several steps before Optim™ Database Administrator can communicate with Windows Vista targets. If you have a domain user account, ensure that the local and the target machine are both members of a Windows domain. If you are a member of a local administrators group and you use a local user account, complete the following three steps to be able to perform administrative tasks on the target machine:
  1. Enable the built-in Administrator account and use it to connect. To enable the built-in Administrator account, open the Windows Control Panel and click Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy > Local Policies > Security Settings > Security Options. Then double-click on Accounts: Administrator account status, and select enable.
  2. Disable User Account Control if a different Administrator user account is to be used to connect to the Vista target. To disable User Account Control, open the Windows Control Panel and click Administrative ToolsLocal Security PolicyLocal PoliciesSecurity Settings Security Options. Then double-click on User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode, and select disable. Changing this setting requires a system reboot.
  3. Disable User Account Control when you administer a workstation with a local user account (Security Account Manager user account). Otherwise, you will not connect as a full administrator and will not be able to perform administrative tasks.
    To disable User Account Control, complete the following steps:
    1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then press Enter.
    2. Locate and click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
    3. If the LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy registry entry does not exist, follow these steps:
      1. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
      2. Type LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy, then press Enter.
    4. Right-click LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy, then click Modify.
    5. In the Value data box, type 1, then click OK.
    6. Restart your computer.
Alternatively, you can modify the registry entry manually by typing the following command from a command line: cmd /c reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\system /v LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

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