Is there any way to connect my laptop to 2 networks with different workgroup names?

Nope.

"Jaclyn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Is there any way to connect my laptop to 2 networks with different
workgroup names?

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 19:58:01 -0700, Jaclyn <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Is there any way to connect my laptop to 2 networks with different workgroup names?

Jaclyn,

You can connect your laptop to as many networks as necessary, but you can only
join one workgroup at a time.

Under My Network Places, you'll see everything in the workgroup that your laptop
is a member of. Under My Network Places - Entire Network - Microsoft Windows
Network, you'll see all of the workgroups on the network, and within each
workgroup, all of the computers in that workgroup.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, "Jerry"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>"Jaclyn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:272A2D0D-BAA3-432C-9A3F-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Is there any way to connect my laptop to 2 networks with different
>workgroup names?
>
>Nope.

Yes, there is, and you never have to change your computer's workgroup
name. Windows networking supports multiple workgroups, and a computer
in any workgroup can access a computer in any workgroup.

To access another computer directly, regardless of what workgroup
either one is in, type the other computer's name in the Start | Run
box in this format:

\\computer

To see the computers in your own workgroup, open My Network Places and
click "View workgroup computers". To see all of the workgroups on the
network, press the Backspace key. Double click a workgroup to see the
computers in it.
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how can you press the "backspace" key without jumping back
to the parent directory?

Cheers

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>In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, "Jerry"
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>"Jaclyn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
>>news:272A2D0D-BAA3-432C-9A3F-
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>>> Is there any way to connect my laptop to 2 networks
with different
>>workgroup names?
>>
>>Nope.
>
>Yes, there is, and you never have to change your
computer's workgroup
>name. Windows networking supports multiple workgroups,
and a computer
>in any workgroup can access a computer in any workgroup.
>
>To access another computer directly, regardless of what
workgroup
>either one is in, type the other computer's name in the
Start | Run
>box in this format:
>
> \\computer
>
>To see the computers in your own workgroup, open My
Network Places and
>click "View workgroup computers". To see all of the
workgroups on the
>network, press the Backspace key. Double click a
workgroup to see the
>computers in it.
>--
>Best Wishes,
>Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
>Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news
group
>for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer
questions
>addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
>Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>.
>

In article <1b0e601c44f80$1f9ce280$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Ken"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>To see the computers in your own workgroup, open My Network Places and
>>click "View workgroup computers". To see all of the workgroups on the
>>network, press the Backspace key. Double click a workgroup to see the
>>computers in it.
>
>how can you press the "backspace" key without jumping back
>to the parent directory?

When viewing the computers in your workgroup as I indicated above,
pressing the Backspace key (or clicking the up arrow in the toolbar)
displays all of the workgroups on the network. Try it and see.

So, I'd say that the list of all workgroups is the "parent directory"
of the list of computers in your own workgroup.
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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Steve

I have a laptop user who connects to my Win2003 SBS domain just fine. He can't see any machines at his other office with a peer to peer network, all XP home machines or at his home network which has an XP home machine.

I just put a fresh install of XP Pro on the laptop so that he could utilize my domain. Everything was working fine at his other office and at his home when he was using XP Home

Any Ideas

Thanks
Corey

In article <1E17E3E0-8CC4-490D-8625-(E-Mail Removed)>,
"SharQ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Steve,
>
>I have a laptop user who connects to my Win2003 SBS domain just fine. He can't see any machines at his other office with a peer to peer network, all XP home machines or at his home network which has an XP home machine.
>
>I just put a fresh install of XP Pro on the laptop so that he could utilize my domain. Everything was working fine at his other office and at his home when he was using XP Home.
>
>Any Ideas?
>
>Thanks,
>Corey

I'm sorry, Corey, but I don't know enough about Windows server
networks and domains to answer your question.
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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