3/19/11

Win 7 & Xp Sharing Problems

Recently some user's are having problems sharing files from Windows 7 & XP computers. And the sharing violation is sometimes a Windows nightmare to correct. Here is the registry tweak to end the Windows sharing violation in both computers.

Registry Tweak
* 1. Open the registry by typing regedit in Start Search
* 2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\
* 3. Look for lmcompatibilitylevel on right side, and it should be 0 or 1. If it don’t exist, create it.
o 1. Right click >> new dword
o 2. Name it LmCompatibilityLevel
o 3. Set value to 0 or 1