leostr said:
..so no indication this has fixed the inablility to connect to SMB shares after Lion upgrade? I know its not in the list of fixes, but have any of you who've updated advise otherwise?
Apple changed the way they authenticate via AFP, and to connect to older AFP servers you have to modify the way the protocol handshakes.
They also replaced the older SAMBA implementation for their own SMBX which (supposedly) actually makes it easier to connect to windows 7 networks.
I have Lion on a corporate windows active domain network and it's fine accessing all the cifs/smb shares with no problem...
I can also connect perfectly TO my home (mini) server via smb on windows 7 home, and windows 7 enterprise (on a VM).
How old is the windows server you're trying to connect to? Maybe they tried strengthening that as well, I don't have an older windows system to test on.