Windows XP Pro Domain -> Workgroup

[Ben Wall]

Hi,
I is it posssible to have a computer a member of a domain
say at work, take it home and log it on to workgroup
easily??
What would the process be if one was to do it?
- Logon locally, remove from domain, then add to
workgroup, restart........

Any easier approach?

 

[Ron Lowe]

Hi,
I is it posssible to have a computer a member of a domain
say at work, take it home and log it on to workgroup
easily??
What would the process be if one was to do it?
- Logon locally, remove from domain, then add to
workgroup, restart........

Any easier approach?

Don't mess about changing domains or workgroups.

Leave the computer as part of the work domain.
Take it home, and plug it in.
Log in to your work domain. This will work due to cached credentials.
Ensure it has an IP address compatable with your home network.

Map a drive to your home PC by using the option to 'Connect using a
different user name'.
Specify a username / password valid on the home machine.
Specify a user-name in the format

home-pc-name\username

 

[Rob Elder MVP-Networking]

You don't log on to a workgroup. You log on to a local machine that is a
member of a workgroup. You can disjoin your work domain from system
properties and make the workgroup name the same as your home setup if you
want to. The problem you'll have is when you go back to work, you need to
get your network admin to rejoin you to the domain.

Your PC will function just fine in a home network environment without going
through all that trouble.

 

[Ken Leonard]

Hi!

See comment below.

You don't log on to a workgroup. You log on to a local machine that is a
member of a workgroup. You can disjoin your work domain from system
properties and make the workgroup name the same as your home setup if you
want to. The problem you'll have is when you go back to work, you need to
get your network admin to rejoin you to the domain.

Your PC will function just fine in a home network environment without going
through all that trouble.

The problem is that a given portable system _will_not_ work just fine
in two different environments. At home, behind my particular
firewall, I can do NetBIOS on IP to share stuff with my other systems.
In the "work" environment, I cannot allow NetBIOS to run because there
is a _herd_ of other folk who would like to fiddle (that's a _very_
polite term) with my system if I don't weld all the doors shut.

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Ken Leonard
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