Cannot connect to Windows Vista or 7 RC via Leopard SMB

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Cannot connect to Windows Vista or 7 RC via Leopard SMB

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When you have a simple network like:

Windows 7 PC

name: johnpc
workgroup: funland
ip address: 192.168.1.3
gateway:192.168.1.1 (router)

Apple osX Leopard Retail

system preferences
__internet & network
|__ network
|__ ethernet
|__configure:using DHCP
|__ip address: 192.168.1.5
|__DNS SERVER:192.168.1.1 (router)
|__advanced
|__WINS
|__NetBIOS Name: apple1
|__Workgroup: funland

Sharing
|__file sharing [*] checked
|__options
|__share files and folders using SMB [*] checked

You will probably still have a problem not connecting due to a security issue with SMB, really SMB2. Microsoft has a hotfix for Vista, and for 7 RC, not the RTM, and you run the following:

MicrosoftFixit50304.msi (SMB2 vulnerability)
Run that and voila, you can connect to server in finder with Leopard to a vista or 7 RC system sharing files or folders.

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