Mutiple domains with XP

[Scott]

I have a laptop where I travel to many different
locations. Each location is a separate organization, and
has no logical need (do to different companys intellectual
property) to create a trust between these domains. Is
there any easier way to join the domain, of the
organization I'm currently at, without having to manually
change the domain each time?

Thanks!

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
I have a laptop where I travel to many different
locations. Each location is a separate organization, and
has no logical need (do to different companys intellectual
property) to create a trust between these domains. Is
there any easier way to join the domain, of the
organization I'm currently at, without having to manually
change the domain each time?

Thanks!

.

 

[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

Well, no - the process of joining a machine to an Active Directory domain
involves a good deal more than simply allowing the user to access domain
resources. You can script this, but you are still going to have to reboot -
See:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;266651

If you log onto your laptop's local machine, you should be able to access
domain resources without joining the computer to the domain - eg.:

net use x: \\server\share /user:domain\user password

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP