[continued from previous message]   
      
      3  Security Settings, Local Policies, User Rights Assignment   
      4  Add particular username to 'Deny logon locally' list, Ok   
           (by default this has only 'Guest')   
      
   To prevent logging on using an M$ account, again you need to get into   
   the Security Policy management console:   
      1  Get a Run dialog, say by    
      2  secpol.msc    
      3  Security Settings, Local Policies, Security Options   
      4  Click 'Accounts: Block Microsoft accounts'   
      5  Select from the drop-down list ...   
           'Users can’t add or log on with Microsoft accounts'   
         ... Ok   
      
   To allow XP and earlier to connect to more recent versions of Windows   
   such as 10, or those between which are running Microsoft Security   
   Essentials, you have to enable SMBv1.  To do this ...   
      
   Windows 10+: Run Powershell as Admin and enter the following:   
      Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName SMB1Protocol   
      
   Windows 7-:  SMBv1 is enabled by default, so normally no change is   
   needed, however, ISTR that installing Microsoft Security Essentials   
   disables it, in which case you have to set or make a registry change to   
   enable it, as follows:   
      
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters   
      
   Registry entry: SMB1   
   REG_DWORD: 0 = Disabled   
   REG_DWORD: 1 = Enabled   
   Default: 1 = Enabled (No registry key is created)   
      
   Windows 8 versions:  I'm not sure about and cannot test here, but one or   
   the other of the above should work.   
      
   In all versions of Windows, allegedly you have to reboot after making   
   the changes, but perhaps restarting the service may suffice; again, as   
   it's a while since I had to do this, I can't definitely say that this   
   would work:   
      net stop Server   
      net start Server   
      
      
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