Moving between two networks

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I have a workgroup network at work and one at home. Is there an easy/elegant
way to move between the two so that file sharing/printer sharing will work
without changing my laptop workgroup name and rebooting.

Thanks,
Joel
 
Joel said:
I have a workgroup network at work and one at home. Is there an
easy/elegant way to move between the two so that file sharing/printer
sharing will work without changing my laptop workgroup name and
rebooting.
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Credit to MVP Lanwench - You don't need to change to a workgroup just to
access resources on it. You shouldn't play with your laptop's network
settings at all. Once you've logged in using your domain account (using
cached credentials), and have an IP address on the home network, you
can map drives, use printers, whatnot, very easily - one way, in a
command line:

net use x: \\computername\sharename /user:computername\username <enter>

MS KB article about the Net Use command - http://tinyurl.com/3bpnj

Managing One Windows XP-based Laptop for the Office and Home by MVP
Charlie Russel
http://tinyurl.com/cpy9q

http://winhlp.com/wxdomainworkgroup.htm - MVP Hans-Georg Michna

Also see:
http://www.netswitcher.com - NetSwitcher
http://www.globesoft.com/mnm_home.html - MultiNetwork Manager
http://www.mobilenetswitch.com - Mobile Net Switch

Malke
 
Joel said:
I have a workgroup network at work and one at home. Is there an easy/elegant
way to move between the two so that file sharing/printer sharing will work
without changing my laptop workgroup name and rebooting.

Thanks,
Joel
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You don't need to change the workgroup name. Windows networking
supports multiple workgroups, and workgroup membership has no effect
on whether computers can access each other.

To see all of the workgroups on a network:

1. Click My Network Places.
2. Click "View workgroup computers".
3. Press the Backspace key.

To access another computer, regardless of what workgroup either
computer is in, type the other computer's name in the Start | Run box
in this format:

\\computer

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