Connection fails to Windows Vista or Windows 2008 server using NTLMv2 auth This is due to a bug in Windows, either use an alternative authentication strategy, or apply the Microsoft HotFix, which is just a matter of creating a new registry entry, see: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957441 -Steve Tue Sep 21 17:05:48 BST 2010 --------------------------------- FYI This hot-fix also works for Windows 2k8 Mon Jun 25 10:38:57 BST 2012