Windows 7 as a Samba File Server for Linux machines

If you get the this error message “mount error(12): Cannot allocate memory” while trying to mount a Windows SMB to a linux box.

You need to configure Windows to act as a file server and it will allocate the resources needed.

Change the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerMemory ManagementLargeSystemCache  to ‘1′

and Change HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesLanmanServerParametersSize  to ‘3′

once you have done that do a reboot and try mounting the Samba drive again.