Connecting to Sirius from Windows

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Microsft Windows Connecting to Sirius

In order to connect to Sirius directly from your PC using Telnet, Secure Shell or X-Windows software such as eXcursion or by direct mapping of a Windows network drive using SAMBA. Windows needs to be able to pass a plaintext password and this option is usually set to Disable by default

The information below and the registry edits provided will assist you to make the necessary changes to Enable this option.

Note:

Windows 95 and Windows 98 require the login account name to be the same on the local domain as well as the remote machine (sirius). Windows NT, 2000 and XP however allow the login account to be different

Microsoft Windows XP and Windows 2000 need the following registry change-

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanWorkStation\Parameters]
"EnablePlainTextPassword"=dword:00000001
OR
Administrative Tools,Local Security Policy,Local Policies,Security Options,"Send unencrypted password
to connect to third-party SMB servers","Enabled"
You could also download this registry edit: Windows XP/2000 fix

Microsoft Windows NT4 with Service Pack 3 (or greater) needs the following registry change-

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Rdr\Parameters]
"EnablePlainTextPassword"=dword:00000001
You could also download this registry edit: Windows NT4 fix

Microsoft Windows 95 with Service Pack 1 (or an updated VRDRUPD.EXE) needs this change-

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\VNETSUP]
"EnablePlainTextPassword"=dword:00000001
You could also download this registry edit: Windows 95 fix

Microsoft Windows 98 - Same as Win95.

You could also download this registry edit: Windows 98 fix

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