Printer Sharing - Vista to Mac OS X 10.5

Printer Sharing – Enable Authentication in Vista Home Edition

The Registry allows you to enable the proper method of authentication.

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Before we can start setting up Vista for printer sharing, we must first enable the default Samba authentication. To do this, we need to edit the Vista registry.

WARNING: Back up your Windows Registry before you make any changes to it.

Enable Authentication in Vista Home Edition

1. Start the Registry Editor by selecting Start, All Programs, Accessories, Run.
   
   
2. In the ‘Open’ field of the Run dialog box, type regedit and click the ‘OK’ button.
   
   
3. The User Account Control system will ask for permission to continue. Click the ‘Continue’ button.
   
   
4. In the Registry window, expand the following:
   1. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   2. SYSTEM
   3. CurrentControlSet
   4. Control
   5. Lsa
5. In the ‘Value’ pane of the Registry Editor, check to see if the following DWORD exists: lmcompatibilitylevel. If it does, perform the following:
   1. Right-click lmcompatibilitylevel and select ‘Modify’ from the pop-up menu.
   2. Enter a Value data of 1.
   3. Click the ‘OK’ button.
6. If the lmcompatibilitylevel DWORD does not exist, create a new DWORD.
   1. From the Registry Editor menu, select Edit, New, DWORD (32-bit) Value.
   2. A new DWORD called ‘New Value #1’ will be created.
   3. Rename the new DWORD to lmcompatibilitylevel.
   4. Right-click lmcompatibilitylevel and select ‘Modify’ from the pop-up menu.
   5. Enter a Value data of 1.
   6. Click the ‘OK’ button.

Restart your Windows Vista computer.

• Printer Sharing - Vista to Mac OS X 10.5 Overview
• Printer Sharing – Enable Authentication in Vista Home Edition
• Printer Sharing – Enable Authentication in Vista Business, Ultimate, Enterprise
• Printer Sharing – Configure the Workgroup Name
• Printer Sharing – Set Up Windows Vista for Printer Sharing
• Printer Sharing – Add the Windows Vista Printer to Your Mac
• Printer Sharing – Using Your Shared Vista Printer