Changing My Workgroup

[Watty]

I'm on my bi-annual hunt on where to change my workgroup. I thought it
was somewhere in LAN Network properties? TCP/IP entry?

 

[Nepatsfan]

I'm on my bi-annual hunt on where to change my workgroup. I thought it was
somewhere in LAN Network properties? TCP/IP entry?

Control Panel -> System -> Computer Name -> Hit the Change button.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[Malke]

I'm on my bi-annual hunt on where to change my workgroup. I thought it
was somewhere in LAN Network properties? TCP/IP entry?

To change the name of your Workgroup (a cosmetic process not affecting
network behavior), go to Control Panel>System>Computer Name tab.

Malke

 

[AJR]

"... (a cosmetic process not affecting
network behavior), >>>" ???

 

[Malke]

"... (a cosmetic process not affecting
network behavior), >>>" ???

What didn't you understand about that? Workgroup names are just an
organizational device and do not affect networking in Windows XP. Nothing
prevents machines properly configured from successful file/printer sharing
even if they have disparate Workgroup names.

Malke

 

[AJR]

What didn't you understand about that? Workgroup names are just an
organizational device and do not affect networking in Windows XP. Nothing
prevents machines properly configured from successful file/printer sharing
even if they have disparate Workgroup names.

May be disparate computer names.

Are you saying that computers in a peer-to-peer network do not require to
have identical workgroup names?

 

[Patrick Keenan]

I'm on my bi-annual hunt on where to change my workgroup. I thought it was
somewhere in LAN Network properties? TCP/IP entry?

Another way to do this is by way of right-clicking My Computer, choose
Properties, then Computer Name. There's a button that allows you to change
the workgroup name. A restart is often "required".

HTH
-pk

 

[Lem]

May be disparate computer names.

Are you saying that computers in a peer-to-peer network do not require to
have identical workgroup names?

That's exactly what Malke is saying (correctly).

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[John John (MVP)]

May be disparate computer names.

Are you saying that computers in a peer-to-peer network do not require to
have identical workgroup names?

It's a Browser thing only, having the computers in the same workgroup
makes it easier to find other computers on your network. It also
eliminates a bit of the Browser complexity and makes it easier to find
and fix browser problems on your network, each workgroup has its own
Master Browser and Browse List, so having different workgroups just
makes that part of things that more complicated. Computers don't need
to be in the same workgroup to share resources but for the reasons
mentioned above it is usually better to have them in the same group.

At times it may make sense to have different workgroups, in a small
business without a real server it could make it easier to manage things
if you have different groups for different departments. For example,
Mary in accounting probably doesn't need to browse Nancy's computer in
engineering, so why have her in same workgroup and have more clutter in
the list of computers that she usually needs to browse? As mentioned
earlier, its a browser thing only, Mary and Nancy can still access
resources on each others computers.

John