Access domain at work/workgropup at home

[Robert Frank]

I just acquired laptop running Windows XP Professional.
At the office I am connected to a domain. At home, I want
to be able to share files between this new laptop and my
my mini-tower computer at home running XP Home Edition,
and to print from my XP Prof laptop to a printer connected
to a XP Home computer. I want to be able to "see" the XP
Home computers from my XP Prof laptop when I search for
the computer.

How do I do this without changing My Computer properties
on the laptop everytime I move from work to home? ? The
online help implies that my XP Prof laptopis either
a "domain" computer or a "workgroup" computer, but can't
be both.

Thanks

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
I just acquired laptop running Windows XP Professional.
At the office I am connected to a domain. At home, I want
to be able to share files between this new laptop and my
my mini-tower computer at home running XP Home Edition,
and to print from my XP Prof laptop to a printer connected
to a XP Home computer. I want to be able to "see" the XP
Home computers from my XP Prof laptop when I search for
the computer.

How do I do this without changing My Computer properties
on the laptop everytime I move from work to home? ? The
online help implies that my XP Prof laptopis either
a "domain" computer or a "workgroup" computer, but can't
be both.

Thanks
.

 

[Guest]

have you shared your Xphome box thats the only thing you
need to do becasue the wondful thing about XP you just
need to enable it and you will see the shared workstation

 

[CheshireCat]

How do I do this without changing My Computer properties

on the laptop everytime I move from work to home? ? The
online help implies that my XP Prof laptopis either
a "domain" computer or a "workgroup" computer, but can't
be both.

Hi Robert

The first is a link to a microsoft article about setting up alternative
configurations
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/networking/autoconfig.asp

Also, there are some applications that allow you to set up multiple
configurations for office/home. Ive not tried any of these.
eg SelectANet http://www.select-a-net.com

Do a google on "multiple network configuration" to look for more.