Browsing a Workgroup when PDC and BDC are not available

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Gabriel

Hi,

I wonder if someone can give me an advice with this:

I have a laptop, member of a domain in the office. I would
like to use my one and only profile:
domain_name.user_name. When in the office, I can browse
computers that are not members of this domain, just a
member of a default workgroup called "WORKGROUP". Once I
loose connection to the PDC though, I no longer can browse
any other computers, instead I get an error message: "No
logon servers are available to service the logon request"

Why would I need a logon server (PDC or BDC) to
authenticate to a computer in a Workgroup? Why can't I
just go directly to that PC in "My Network Places", enter
a username and PW, and voila, browse the PC?

If I use a non-domain user logon on my laptop, I can
browse these PCs, no problem, but it is incredibly
inconvenient to have to maintain 2 profiles on my laptop.

Anyone with an idea, I'd really appreciate your comments.

Thanks
G
 
That is because when you logon without being connected to the domain, you are logging
on with cached credentials of which the purpose is to allow you to access only your
local machine instead of not allowing you to logon at all.. You could try using the
"net use" command to map a drive to a share on a workgroup computer. You can use net
use /? for more inormation on how to use it. --- Steve

http://www.computerhope.com/nethlp.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr...dowsserver2003/proddocs/entserver/net_use.asp
 
Worked like a charm! Thank you!

-----Original Message-----
That is because when you logon without being connected to the domain, you are logging
on with cached credentials of which the purpose is to allow you to access only your
local machine instead of not allowing you to logon at all.. You could try using the
"net use" command to map a drive to a share on a
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workgroup computer. You can use net
 
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