ajay said:
My computer was part of a domain, and I switched it to a workgroup so
I could network at home, but now I can't login. I want to switch back
to my domain, but i don't know how. Please help
You will need to take the machine back to the office and have your
systems administrator add it back to the domain. You must be connected
to the work network and be a domain administrator to do this and that's
why you can't do this at home.
For the future:
(from MVP Lanwench) You don't need to change to a workgroup just to
access resources on it. You shouldn't play with your laptop's network
settings at all. Once you've logged in using your domain account (using
cached credentials), and have an IP address on the home network, you
can map drives, use printers, whatnot, very easily - one way, in a
command line:
net use x: \\computername\sharename /user:computername\username <enter>
MS KB article about the Net Use command -
http://tinyurl.com/3bpnj
Also see:
Managing One Windows XP-based Laptop for the Office and Home by MVP
Charlie Russel
http://tinyurl.com/cpy9q
http://winhlp.com/wxdomainworkgroup.htm - MVP Hans-Georg Michna
And of course you should speak to your IT Dept. about how best to do
this and what their security requirements are.
Malke
