[Info-vax] OpenVMS on x86 and Virtual Machines -- An Observation

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2019-01-31 22:41:13 +0000, Jan-Erik Sderholm said:

> Den 2019-01-31 kl. 20:11, skrev Craig A. Berry:
>> On 1/31/19 11:57 AM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>>> Well, the files within the VM container file are not accessable 
>>> directly from the Win10 host, but the VM has access to a couple of 
>>> shared folders where the application are stored. Just the usual 
>>> "connect to remote folder" from WinXP to Win10...
>> 
>> Which likely involves using SMBv1, which no properly configured Win10 
>> system will allow these days.
> 
> I have absolutely no idea. How to check that? And what is a "properly 
> configured Win10 system"? I have done no special configuration apart 
> from the upgrade from Win7. Just "shared" the forldes from Win10 and 
> connected from WinXP.

Microsoft has been trying to kill SMBv1 for a while now, as it's become 
little more than a system compromise mimicking a file share.
Here's how to re-animate the corpse in Windows 10, for any folks that 
need access to OpenVMS with the old Samba CIFS port, or to Windows XP...
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/9fd07a6b-62dc-40b0-995c-5a3a5d533150/how-to-enabledisable-smbv1-in-windows-10 


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