Multiple Workgroups

[Antony]

I have a client running XP professional on a laptop.
Problem is the client works at 2 different companies both
with different workgroups.
How can I configure XP to logon to more than one
workgroup or is there a way to switch between multiple
workgroups?

 

[Eric]

Greetings Antony,

Windows supports multiple workgroups and any computer can
access each other in all workgroups. If you cannot access
the machine when you click "View Workgroup Computers" you
can access them by doing the following:

Click Start | Run, then type one of these commands in the
box and click OK:

1. \\computer
2. \\IP-address
3. \\computer\share
4. \\IP-address\share

________________
Eric

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I have a client running XP professional on a laptop.
Problem is the client works at 2 different companies both
with different workgroups.
How can I configure XP to logon to more than one
workgroup or is there a way to switch between multiple
workgroups?

It isn't possible for an XP computer to belong to more than one
workgroup at a time.

You can change the workgroup name in My Computer | Properties |
Computer Name. However, there's no need to do ever change the
workgroup name, because Windows networking supports multiple
workgroups. A computer in any workgroup can access a computer in any
other workgroup.

To see all of the workgroups on a network:

1. Open My Network Places.
2. Click "View workgroup computers" to see your workgroup.
3. Press the Backspace key to see all of the workgroups.
4. Click a workgroup to see the computers in it.

To access a computer directly, regardless of what workgroup it's in:

1. Click Start | Run.
2. Type the computer name, preceded by two backslashes (\\).
3. Click OK.

If you want to change the workgroup name for different companies,
these programs let you store multiple network configurations and
switch between them easily:

NetSwitcher
http://www.netswitcher.com

MultiNetwork Manager
http://www.globesoft.com/mnm_home.html
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[Bob Willard]

I have a client running XP professional on a laptop.
Problem is the client works at 2 different companies both
with different workgroups.
How can I configure XP to logon to more than one
workgroup or is there a way to switch between multiple
workgroups?

Look at NetSwitcher -- www.netswitcher.com.

I don't use it, but the product description seems to match
your problem.