Laptop set up for office Domain...What to be able to use for Home

[Guest]

My laptop w/ XP was purchased from my employer after hiring on. Instead of
using while employed only, I choose to purchase it. It is set up for my
office network. I have a home computer that has XP that is already set up
with a work group through a network router. The problem is since my computer
is set up for the work domain it won't allow me to set up another network or
work group for home. I tried signing out of the user name that is used at
work, but had no luck as the administrator. How can my laptop be set up for
both work and home?

Thanks

 

[Tony]

My laptop w/ XP was purchased from my employer after hiring on. Instead
of
using while employed only, I choose to purchase it. It is set up for my
office network. I have a home computer that has XP that is already set up
with a work group through a network router. The problem is since my
computer
is set up for the work domain it won't allow me to set up another network
or
work group for home. I tried signing out of the user name that is used at
work, but had no luck as the administrator. How can my laptop be set up
for
both work and home?

Thanks

Try going to control panel>>system. Click on the Computer Name tab. Click
on the button at the bottom that says cahnge. Change from domain to
workgroup and change the name of the workgroup to your home one.

HTH
Tony

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Only if you want to screw up your ability to connect to work again!

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[Richard G. Harper]

In most cases no special configuration is needed, as you can access
workgroup resources from a domain PC as long as you can log onto the
domain-member PC. You should probably consult with your IT folks at work to
see if any special configuration is necessary.

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[Leythos]

Try going to control panel>>system. Click on the Computer Name tab. Click
on the button at the bottom that says cahnge. Change from domain to
workgroup and change the name of the workgroup to your home one.

It's not clear from his post, but he may still be working for them and
need the domain membership - he could have easily just created a local
account and logged into THIS COMPUTER (local computer) instead of the
DOMAIN. He could also learn how to MAP network shares and setup his XP
system with shared folders so that he could access them.

A local logon would be the easy way - this would let him keep his domain
membership.

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

My laptop w/ XP was purchased from my employer after hiring on. Instead of
using while employed only, I choose to purchase it. It is set up for my
office network. I have a home computer that has XP that is already set up
with a work group through a network router. The problem is since my computer
is set up for the work domain it won't allow me to set up another network or
work group for home. I tried signing out of the user name that is used at
work, but had no luck as the administrator. How can my laptop be set up for
both work and home?

Szazbo,

there's a good chance that it can be set up for both networks
without having to change any settings later, possibly using the
alternative TCP/IP setup. But this depends on your TCP/IP
settings for the domain. Could you describe these?

Hans-Georg