workgroups

[Guest]

Is there a way to setup two workgroups names on a laptop. I. E. > OFFICE /
HOME, so that when you are at the office and boot up you can select that
workgroup name OFFICE and see the shared info on that workgroup. Then when
you are at home and boot up at home you can select that workgroup name to see
that shared info. with one user profile.

 

[over]

Is there a way to setup two workgroups names on a laptop. I. E. >
OFFICE / HOME, so that when you are at the office and boot up you can
select that workgroup name OFFICE and see the shared info on that
workgroup. Then when you are at home and boot up at home you can
select that workgroup name to see that shared info. with one user
profile.

You could set the workgroup names on all of your machines at home to the
same name as the workgroup/domain at your office (set them both to OFFICE).

 

[Gordon]

Is there a way to setup two workgroups names on a laptop. I. E. > OFFICE /
HOME, so that when you are at the office and boot up you can select that
workgroup name OFFICE and see the shared info on that workgroup. Then when
you are at home and boot up at home you can select that workgroup name to
see that shared info. with one user profile.

if you go to Properties for your NIC then there should be the option to set
up an alternative configuration.....

 

[Malke]

Is there a way to setup two workgroups names on a laptop. I. E. >
OFFICE / HOME, so that when you are at the office and boot up you can
select that workgroup name OFFICE and see the shared info on that
workgroup. Then when you are at home and boot up at home you can
select that workgroup name to see that shared info. with one user
profile.

Workgroups are just a cosmetic/organizational device. They don't do
anything for security or networking. Windows machines in different
workgroups can share files/printers just fine.

You didn't say whether your office laptop is a domain member or not. If
it is, then see:

From MVP Lanwench - Note - 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

Malke