Windows XP and multiple NT domain

[Claude]

Hi,

Some people of our organisation need to ability to login their laptop on to
2 NT4 domains (not W2000 Active Directory) , because some week day they work
at different places.

The laptops are loaded with Windows XP Pro Edition or Windows 2000.

Through our different tests, XP and W2000 are not capable of handle users
login to 2 different domains.

There must be only one domain configured at one time, but because they work
2 days on one domain and 3 days a week to the other, we can't assume
changing the configuration every week.

Is there a possibility for them to use their windows XP/W2000 laptop in both
environments ??????????

Thanks

 

[Chuck]

Hi,

Some people of our organisation need to ability to login their laptop on to
2 NT4 domains (not W2000 Active Directory) , because some week day they work
at different places.

The laptops are loaded with Windows XP Pro Edition or Windows 2000.

Through our different tests, XP and W2000 are not capable of handle users
login to 2 different domains.

There must be only one domain configured at one time, but because they work
2 days on one domain and 3 days a week to the other, we can't assume
changing the configuration every week.

Is there a possibility for them to use their windows XP/W2000 laptop in both
environments ??????????

Thanks

Claude,

If the laptop in question is joined to domain "Domain1", logging in as "User1"
authenticates the user thru "Domain1", as "User1". Logging in as
"Domain2\User2" authenticates the user thru "Domain2", as "User2".

An admin for the laptop does, of course, have to manually setup local access
privileges on the laptop, for users in "Domain2".

And Claude, please don't contribute to the spread and success of email address
mining viruses. Learn to munge your email address properly, to keep yourself a
bit safer when posting to open forums. Protect yourself and the rest of the
internet - read this article.
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Claude]

Thanks for your answer Chuck

I am one of the laptop administrator since I work in the IT team of our
organization.
We've try what you're suggested but without success.
The login dialog box doesn't allowed us to login to more than one NT domain,
the combo box only contains the configured domain and the computer domain.
We have configured domain through the Computer properties dialog : My
computer, right click, Properties -> Computer name and Network ID, there we
can tell that the laptop is a member of a domain but one at a time.
The regular laptop user doesn't have necessary knowledge to, each time,
change that configuration. He just want to select one or the other domain at
login prompt.

thanks for your other advise, spam mails just go immediately to the trash.

 

[Chuck]

Thanks for your answer Chuck

I am one of the laptop administrator since I work in the IT team of our
organization.
We've try what you're suggested but without success.
The login dialog box doesn't allowed us to login to more than one NT domain,
the combo box only contains the configured domain and the computer domain.
We have configured domain through the Computer properties dialog : My
computer, right click, Properties -> Computer name and Network ID, there we
can tell that the laptop is a member of a domain but one at a time.
The regular laptop user doesn't have necessary knowledge to, each time,
change that configuration. He just want to select one or the other domain at
login prompt.

Claude,

I know what the combo box contains. What happens if you enter userid as
"Domain2\User2"?

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Chuck]

Thanks for your answer Chuck

I am one of the laptop administrator since I work in the IT team of our
organization.
We've try what you're suggested but without success.
The login dialog box doesn't allowed us to login to more than one NT domain,
the combo box only contains the configured domain and the computer domain.
We have configured domain through the Computer properties dialog : My
computer, right click, Properties -> Computer name and Network ID, there we
can tell that the laptop is a member of a domain but one at a time.
The regular laptop user doesn't have necessary knowledge to, each time,
change that configuration. He just want to select one or the other domain at
login prompt.

thanks for your other advise, spam mails just go immediately to the trash.

Claude,

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

Mobile Net Switch
http://www.mobilenetswitch.com

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Jetro]

Unless you have a trust between the domains, the only option is the
third-party software.

 

[Claude]

Thanks for your answer Chuck

I am one of the laptop administrator since I work in the IT team of our
organization.
We've try what you've suggested but without success.
The login dialog box doesn't allowed us to login to more than one NT domain,
the combo box only contains the configured domain and the computer domain.
We have configured domain through the Computer properties dialog : My
computer, right click, Properties -> Computer name and Network ID, there we
can tell that the laptop is a member of a domain but one at a time.
The regular laptop user doesn't have necessary knowledge to, each time,
change that configuration. He just want to select one or the other domain at
login prompt.

thanks for your other advise, spam mails just go immediately to the trash.

 

[Chuck]

Thanks for your answer Chuck

I am one of the laptop administrator since I work in the IT team of our
organization.
We've try what you've suggested but without success.
The login dialog box doesn't allowed us to login to more than one NT domain,
the combo box only contains the configured domain and the computer domain.
We have configured domain through the Computer properties dialog : My
computer, right click, Properties -> Computer name and Network ID, there we
can tell that the laptop is a member of a domain but one at a time.
The regular laptop user doesn't have necessary knowledge to, each time,
change that configuration. He just want to select one or the other domain at
login prompt.

Claude,

Login as local admin to the laptop, and set security policy to allow local
access to OtherDomain\AllUsers.

Then have the user:
1) Select the local domain (host name) in the domain pull down list box.
2) Type OtherDomain\OtherDomainUser (substituting appropriately) in the user
name box.
3) Type the password for user OtherDomain\OtherDomainUser in the password box.
What error message do you get?

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.