I am using Windows 7 as OS and installed Windows Server 2003. When I am trying to connect to Windows Server 2003, it is not allowing to accessing any files or folders. But it is allowing to access from Windows XP computer with the same password and username. I don’t know why this is happening in Windows 7. Please help me to sort out this problem. Thanks in advance.
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I am gonna explain this in a step by step process.
1. Click the start button and type secpol.msc in the search bar.
2. Then browse to "Local Policies" -> "Security Options".
3. Look for the entry "Network Security: LAN Manager authentication level" and open it.
4. Click on the dropdown menu and select "Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated".
Then apply the settings.
Open Advanced sharing settings page of Network and sharing center, you need to have it set as Work/Home profile.
Then try to
- Enable network discovery
-Turn on file and print sharing
-Turn off password protected sharing
-Use user accounts and passwords to connect to other computers
One of the important thing is settings encryption to 128 bit encryption.
Finally you need to change the policies
1. Enter “gpedit.msc” in the Start Search box.
2. Open “Computer Configuration”/Windows Settings/Security Settings/Local Policies/Security Settings".
3. In the right pane, enable the following policies:
Network access: Allow anonymous SID/name translation
Network access: Let Everyone permissions apply to anonymous users
Finally disable the following policies.
Network access: Restrict anonymous access to Named Pipes and Shares
Network access: Do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts
Network access: Do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts and shares
Hope this helps.