Switching from domain to workgroup in XP

[Carlton]

Hi everyone. My laptop belongs to a domain at my office, and I want to use
it on a non-domain based network at home. I have gotten file sharing, et.
al. to work at home, however, the only way I've been able to do this is by
switching the computer from domain to workgroup. This is ok, except that
when I return to work, I have to get someone else with the propper domain
account to remove and then add my computer back to the domain. The reason
for this (I think) is that Windows XP tries to add my domain account when I
switch back to the domain, however the account is still active on my work
server, and this creates a conflict. So my question is; is there a way to
keep my computer set up for a domain and still log on to my home network, or
can I 'force' Windows XP to log on to the domain at work without having to
remove and then re-add my computer? Thanks. Sorry for the long messge.

 

[Malke]

Hi everyone. My laptop belongs to a domain at my office, and I want
to use
it on a non-domain based network at home. I have gotten file sharing,
et. al. to work at home, however, the only way I've been able to do
this is by
switching the computer from domain to workgroup. This is ok, except
that when I return to work, I have to get someone else with the
propper domain
account to remove and then add my computer back to the domain. The
reason for this (I think) is that Windows XP tries to add my domain
account when I switch back to the domain, however the account is still
active on my work
server, and this creates a conflict. So my question is; is there a
way to keep my computer set up for a domain and still log on to my
home network, or can I 'force' Windows XP to log on to the domain at
work without having to
remove and then re-add my computer? Thanks. Sorry for the long
messge.

Yes. Don't change your work domain settings. From MVP Lanwench:

Note - 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>

Malke

 

[Carlton]

Malke, thanks very much for your help. I figured this action would be
possible, but I didn't know it would be that easy!

-Carlton

 

[Malke]

Malke, thanks very much for your help. I figured this action would be
possible, but I didn't know it would be that easy!

You're very welcome but I can't take the credit - the thanks are really
due to Lanwench.

Happy New Year,

Malke

 

[Guest]

I have had the same question forever and it was almost exactly the same
situation.
Malke, can you please explain exactly what we should put in this command
line. I am a bit of a newbie. Thank you in advance.

Dean

 

[Malke]

I have had the same question forever and it was almost exactly the
same situation.
Malke, can you please explain exactly what we should put in this
command
line. I am a bit of a newbie. Thank you in advance.

Start>Run cmd [enter]

then type:

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

Malke

 

[Carlton]

Needing help, after some reasearch I came up with the following web site
which explains this command very well:

http://www.computerhope.com/nethlp.htm

Good luck.

-Carlton

I have had the same question forever and it was almost exactly the
same situation.
Malke, can you please explain exactly what we should put in this
command
line. I am a bit of a newbie. Thank you in advance.

Start>Run cmd [enter]

then type:

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

Malke
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