Domain User Profiles in XP

[Tom]

Does anyone know of a way to create two seperate Domain
User Profiles in XP that connects to two seperate domains
on completely seperate networks? This roaming notebook
user provides services to two seperate customers and
wishes to connect to each customers domain depending on
the site he is based in at any particular point in time.
XP does'nt allow me to join two domains. Any help would be
much appreciated. Cheers, Tom.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Does anyone know of a way to create two seperate Domain
User Profiles in XP that connects to two seperate domains
on completely seperate networks? This roaming notebook
user provides services to two seperate customers and
wishes to connect to each customers domain depending on
the site he is based in at any particular point in time.
XP does'nt allow me to join two domains. Any help would be
much appreciated. Cheers, Tom.

Only if the domains are trusted domains can he log into one or the other
without disjoining one domain/joining the other before they log in.

 

[Tom]

Thanks Shenan,

Would setting up trusted domains be done through XP on his
laptop ? Will it effect his current domain profile if a
new domain profile were added ? or are you saying he can
do it all through the default domain profile by assigning
a second trusted domain? Cheers, Tom.

 

[Roger Abell]

Domain trusts are established by the owners of the domains,
and usually only when they are well connected and have
significant need for a trust.

One can usually do most things in a domain while logged
in with a machine local account. It is more a matter of learning
how to do things in a slightly less convenient, and less transparent
way than is possible while logged into a domain member machine.

 

[Tom]

Thanks Roger,
So what do you suggest can be done to connect one roaming
user (using a Laptop with XP Pro) to two geographically
seperate domains belonging to two seperate and unrelated
companies. He provides consulting services to both anf
commutes regulary between the two companies? Thanks, Tom.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Thanks Roger,
So what do you suggest can be done to connect one roaming
user (using a Laptop with XP Pro) to two geographically
seperate domains belonging to two seperate and unrelated
companies. He provides consulting services to both anf
commutes regulary between the two companies? Thanks, Tom.

Batch scripts that the user runs manually. One for Site1, one for Site2.
Have it come up and ask them for the username/password (requires some third
party applications, but in order to make end-users happy, this isn't too
hard) and in the batch scripts, use those inputs from the user in the NET
USE command directly..

In other words, your batch script for Domain1 may contain:

net use h: \\server_a\users\username /user:domain1\%1 %2 /PERSISTENT:NO
net use s: \\server_b\shared_group_files /user:domain1\%1 %2 /PERSISTENT:NO

And your batch script for Domain2 may contain:

net use h: \\server_c\users\username /user:domain2\%1 %2 /PERSISTENT:NO
net use s: \\server_d\shared_group_files /user:domain2\%1 %2 /PERSISTENT:NO

That way your input to the batch/cmd script would be the username (%1) and
password (%2). Now you could just put the persons username/password in the
batch script, but that is not sceure and if the admins of Domain1 and
Domain2 are worth their salt, they have a password policy in place that
would make the user change it every so often, meaning you or the end user
would have to change the batch script. With the variables, they have to
manually run and input their information every time - thus the scripts
always work as long as the user knows their username and password for each
domain. I guess you could get away with putting the username in each - but
I like multifunctional scripts. =)

 

[Star Fleet Admiral Q]

Get a software package named "netswitcher", it will allow the user to
switch domains at the click of a button (once it has been properly
configured).

 

[mshannon]

Check-out "Plug and Browse" at www.interactive-studios.net. It allows
you to store multiple network configurations and switch between them
as needed. The program can store network connection settings, computer
name and domain, Internet Explorer, etc.