win 2k network id question/reset sys info

[Guest]

my appologies if this posts twice, I tried once before. I was trying to make
it easier to access my win 2k machine from the XP pc's on my home network.
Other 2 connect/share fine. Can see xp machines and printers from win 2k pc
and can share printer on win 2k pc. I could never see the win 2k pc from
normal "my network places" but could get on it by "search for computer and
enter win 2k pc computer name & then user/pw. I could add shortcuts to xp pc
but would lose them when i had to reboot xp pc. I was trying to change
something on the win 2k pc, was tired of always fussing with it. Went to
control panel-system properties-network Id and then clicked Network ID
button. Then changed option from “part of business network…†to “is for home
use…â€. Said ok on reboot. When the system came back up I had lost half of my
shortcut icons and when I tried to launch IE I get the “Getting Started with
Win 2k†window to Register Now or Discover Win or Connect to the Internet. Is
there a way to reset my registry or ?? to yesterday so I don’t lose all of my
old set up?? Also any ideas on how to share the win 2k pc in “my network
places�
tks

 

[Dave Patrick]

On a newly-joined-to-the-domain PC if you logon to the pc first, then to the
domain you would end up with two profiles.
%username%
and
%username%.%userdomain%
Else if you logon to the domain first, then to the pc you would end up with
%username%
and
%username%.%computername%

Depending on your situation one of them is now orphaned but you can run
regedt32.exe and navigate to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList locate the new profile SID and edit the
Reg_Expand_Sz 'ProfileImagePath' to point back to the old domain profile.


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