Can I set up more than one Workgroup

[Alan]

I have a laptop, I wish to have a workgroup for home and one for the office.
when i use the network wizard to set up a workgroup it deletes the previous
workgroup that i have set up. Is it possible to have two workgroups?
TIA Alan

 

[Chuck]

I have a laptop, I wish to have a workgroup for home and one for the office.
when i use the network wizard to set up a workgroup it deletes the previous
workgroup that i have set up. Is it possible to have two workgroups?
TIA Alan

Alan,

A computer can only be a member of one workgroup at any time.

However, workgroup membership has nothing to do with security. Membership
simply determines what shares get displayed directly under My Computer / My
Network Places. If you look under Entire Network - Microsoft Windows Network,
you will see all computers in all workgroups anywhere visible to you (which
comes as a shock to new users of cable broadband internet).

These programs, though, let you store multiple network configurations and switch
between them easily:

NetSwitcher
http://www.netswitcher.com

MultiNetwork Manager
http://www.globesoft.com/mnm_home.html

Cheers,
Chuck
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