Setting up Work Computer on Home Network

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I have a work-issued notebook that I need to connect to my home network.....I
have no problem accessing and authenticating the computer on my wireless
network, and no problem accessing my home network's shared internet connection

My issue is that I can't seem to get the computer recognized as part of the
home network, nor can I access shared network resources such as my printer....

Network wizard will not run on my computer, since the computer is set up as
part of a domain......is there a workaround???

I'm running Windows XP Pro, and have administrative rights on the computer
(but of course don't want to do anything that will mess up my work-based
network settings)...

any help would be most appreciated

Thanks
 
andy said:
I have a work-issued notebook that I need to connect to my home
network.....I have no problem accessing and authenticating the
computer on my wireless network, and no problem accessing my home
network's shared internet connection

My issue is that I can't seem to get the computer recognized as part
of the home network, nor can I access shared network resources such as
my printer....

Network wizard will not run on my computer, since the computer is set
up as part of a domain......is there a workaround???

I'm running Windows XP Pro, and have administrative rights on the
computer (but of course don't want to do anything that will mess up my
work-based network settings)...
Click to expand...

From 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

Also see:

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

Malke
 
You should be able to access resourtces on your home network with the laptop,
but the resources on the laptop won't be accessible.

Probably the best way to access resources is with NET USE commands. They may
not show up in Network Places.
 
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