2000Pro Domain to XP Pro Workstation

[Scott]

I have a laptop (2000 Pro) that I use at work that is a
member of the domain at work. I often use the same laptop
at home to do work. I want to network the laptop to my
home computer that so I can use the shared printer and
Internet connection. The home computer is running XP
Pro. Is it possible to network the 2000 Pro domain laptop
to the XP Pro without setting up a local user on the
laptop that matches a user on the workstation? My user
name at work is "Scott". Scott is a roaming domain
profile and not an actual local user or profile. At home
(XP Pro) I've set up user "Scott" with the same password
as the laptop. When I log on to the laptop at home as
user "Scott" I am able to log on; however, obviously, I'm
not connect to the domain. It seems as though I can't
connect to the workstation because I don't have "Scott"
setup as a user on the laptop even thought I can logon
as "Scott". Is this correct/incorrect, am I missing
something? Should I be able to network without a matching
local profile on the laptop?

Thanks for your help.

Scott

 

[bob lin]

This is good question. Hope the following quoted from
http://www.chicagotech.net help.

Q: How can I share files between workgroup computer and domain/workgroup
computer?
I have a home wireless network and share files and a printer between two
computers. I also use Win 2000/XP laptop at work with domain network. How
can I share files between these computers at home?

A: Deepening on your network setup, you may 1) Logon local laptop using the
same logon id and password on both machine.
2) change workgroup name to match win2000 domain and the laptop needs to
install at home first ad then join the domain .
3) without changing the workgroup name and logon ID, just enable guest
account in win 2000/XP.
4) If you are running XP, enable Simple File Sharing.
5) logon domain user on the domain laptop (even the workgroup is different),
use command net use \\workgroupcomputer /user:administrator, (here
administrator is workgroup computer local administrator), the enter
workgroup computer administrator password. You should be able to access the
workgroup resources.