Enable Plain Text Password - Vista Home

[mcvickj]

I have a user who just purchased a new laptop with Microsoft Vista Home. After a bit of research on Google it seems the Local Security Policy has been disabled on this version of Vista. I have yet to find any reference about how to enable plain text passwords on Vista Home. I know I can't be the only person to run into this problem. Any suggestions?

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: mcvickj
I have a user who just purchased a new laptop with Microsoft Vista Home. After a bit of research on Google it seems the Local Security Policy has been disabled on this version of Vista. I have yet to find any reference about how to enable plain text passwords on Vista Home. I know I can't be the only person to run into this problem. Any suggestions?

Plain text passwords?
Bill

 

[mcvickj]

Originally posted by: bsobel

Originally posted by: mcvickj
I have a user who just purchased a new laptop with Microsoft Vista Home. After a bit of research on Google it seems the Local Security Policy has been disabled on this version of Vista. I have yet to find any reference about how to enable plain text passwords on Vista Home. I know I can't be the only person to run into this problem. Any suggestions?

Plain text passwords?
Bill

Yes. Under Windows XP it would be....

Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Local Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options

Microsoft network client: Send unencrypted password to third-party SMB servers

 

[bsobel]

Aww, ok, follow you now. Put this into a .reg file (or enter manualy if you know what your doing 😉)

Bill

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa]
"LmCompatibilityLevel"=dword:00000002

 

[mcvickj]

Well that didn't work. After some more poking around on Google I found this site.

He mentions two different settings to change. ?Microsoft Network Client: Send unencrypted password to third-party SMB servers.? While you?re there, also change ?Network Security: LAN Manager authentication level? setting to ?Send LM and NTLM - use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated.?

I'm assuming the registry key you provided is for the LAN Manager authentication. Now I just need to find out where the unencrypted password change needs to be made.