SYMPTOMS
After upgrading your Windows NT 4.0 computer to Service Pack 3 (SP3), you
are unable to connect to certain non-Microsoft Server Message Block (SMB)
servers and you may receive the following error message:
System error 1240 has occurred.
The account is not authorized to login from this station.
RESOLUTION
Check with the vendor of the SMB server product to see if there is a way
to support encrypted password authentication, or if there is a newer
version of the product that adds this support.
Alternatively, to enable unencrypted (plain text) passwords for the SMB
client on Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 and newer systems, modify the
registry in the following way:
WARNING: Enabling this will allow unencrypted (plain text) passwords to be sent across the network when authenticating to an SMB server that requests this option. This can lessen the overall security of an environment and should only be done after careful consideration of the consequences of plain text passwords in your specific environment.
WARNING: Using the registry editor incorrectly can cause serious, system-wide problems that may require you to reinstall Windows NT. Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the use of the registry editor can be solved. Use this tool at your own risk.
- Run Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).
- From the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subtree, go to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Rdr\Parameters
- On the Edit menu, click Add Value.
- Add the following:
Value Name: EnablePlainTextPassword
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 1
- Click OK and then quit Registry Editor.
- Shut down and restart Windows NT.
To enable unencrypted (plain text) passwords in an automated setup, modify
the registry in the following way:
Add the following line to the Product.Add.Reg section of the Update.inf
file:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Rdr\Parameters, "EnablePlainTextPassword", 0x10001, 1