In message <62a527be4f.dougjwebb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Doug Webb <doug.j.webb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In message <4fbe204fa2lists-nospam@xxxxxxxxx> > Paul Vigay <lists-nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> In a dim and distant universe <4fbe1bb5adriscos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, >> Richard Ashbery <riscos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> enlightened us thusly: >>> Vista/RISC OS networking seems to be a sore point. Quite a few users >>> have tried but it seems fraught with problems. Have you tried Paul >>> Vigay's site - I believe he was going to write up some user notes about >>> this problem. I believe Paul managed to get this to work but involved >>> some nasty hacking of the registry. I'm sorry to be so negative. >> Unfortunately, it wasn't reliable enough to warrant adding to my site, as I >> thought it might get people's hopes up and then disappoint them with >> results. >> Basically, I could only succeed in transferring very small files (ie. less >> than about 10KB), as anything bigger than that would time out or result in >> a 0 byte length file. > [snip] > Well I have it working in a fashion. > Paul is correct in that it seems to time out but it does transfer > files in both directions but it takes a while and you do have to wait > and click on some error messages. I have transferred files up to 1MB. > It will only do this for files that are shared by all users and not if > you set it up to access individual accounts. > This is with Vista Home premium SP1. > I believe the issue may be that Vista an enhanced version of NTLMv2 > with encryption and though it can be set to use the older LM or NTLM > protocols via Admin Tools the option is missing in Home versions and > only available in Business or Ultimate ones. > So if anyone has Business or ultimate versions it would be good to try > Administrative Tools>Local security Policy>Network Security: Lan > Manager authentication level> Change from "Send NTLMv2 response only > to Send LM & NTLM -use NTLMv2 version security if negotiated". > Doug Thanks for all those responses ... I have had trouble networking the Vista machine to existing PCs. It doesn't seem possible to get a new machine with XP on it. Might follow up the SP1 tip ... but it looks as though using Uniprint is a non-starter though. Nigel --- To alter your preferences or leave the group, visit //www.freelists.org/list/iyonix-support Other info via //www.freelists.org/webpage/iyonix-support