different workgroup names on same machine

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I am administrator to an XP machine which has two users in
addition to the admin. I have two LANS that have
different workgroup names to be accessed by the same
machine(not simultaneous). I want each workgroup to be
associated to only one of the two users. User A will
access workgroup A & user B will access workgroup B.
Neither user should be able to acces the others'
workgroup. There are two NICs installed in this machine
if that helps. It seems that Microsoft has a hard time
supporting multiple LAN access involving workgroup
architecture instead of domain. I have to currently
change the workgroup name upon login and reboot if I
change LANs.
 
A machine can be a member of only one workgroup or domain at a time. How
many computers are we talking about here? Workgroups/peer to peer networking
have no security built in - a domain model might be a better option.
 
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