configuring a laptop to be a member of/logon to 2 domains

[Guest]

Hi...

Does anyone know a way of making a laptop be a member of two domains at the
same time so the user can choose what domain he/she wants to login to at the
windows login prompt... We have two offices with different domains... and
some users work at both. The domains are untrusted as one of the
networks is looked after by a sbs2000 server...

 

[Malke]

Hi...

Does anyone know a way of making a laptop be a member of two domains
at the same time so the user can choose what domain he/she wants to
login to at the
windows login prompt... We have two offices with different
domains... and
some users work at both. The domains are untrusted as one of the
networks is looked after by a sbs2000 server...

No, a Windows machine cannot be a member of two domains. However, that
doesn't mean that domain resources can't be used. You just need to
create the user on the server.

Malke

 

[John John]

You can try a network switch utility like this:
http://www.mobilenetswitch.com/ Other similar products are out there.

John

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hi...

Does anyone know a way of making a laptop be a member of two domains at the
same time so the user can choose what domain he/she wants to login to at the
windows login prompt... We have two offices with different domains... and
some users work at both. The domains are untrusted as one of the
networks is looked after by a sbs2000 server...

A computer may be a member of only one domain at a time. To enable
computers in one domain to access resources in another domain, create
trust relationships between the two domains.


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[Leythos]

No, a Windows machine cannot be a member of two domains. However, that
doesn't mean that domain resources can't be used. You just need to
create the user on the server.

As everyone has said, the OP can't put the machine in two domains at the
same time, and a Trust between domains could be a security threat, so
the easy way is to have join the domain that he uses the most and then
create a batch file to authenticate with the other domain and map the
drives/resources under that second user/password combination.

We've got 30 some domains around the country, and my laptop is in a
workgroup, but, using the batch file method I've setup scripts to allow
me to access each of them without changing anything on my laptop. The Op
just needs to learn to use the "NET USE" command.