Change Workgroup Utility?

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Anybody know of a utility that will allow me to join/change workgroups "on
the fly" without having to type in the name of the new workgoup and then
going thru the agonizing reboot to get xp to join me to the workgroup??

I travel to customers office's all the time and have to join their
workgroup(s). What a pain having to type in the new workgroup many and then
reboot. I am looking for something will allow me to set up workgroup
profiles and just select the appropriate one from a list whereupon the
system recognizes and joins the new group - without reboot.

Maybe a non-reboot is not possible, but even if the utility only remembered
all the different workgroups with their profile names that would save me
some time ...

Thanks in Advance

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AK
 
AK said:
Anybody know of a utility that will allow me to join/change workgroups
"on the fly" without having to type in the name of the new workgoup
and then going thru the agonizing reboot to get xp to join me to the
workgroup??

I travel to customers office's all the time and have to join their
workgroup(s). What a pain having to type in the new workgroup many and
then reboot. I am looking for something will allow me to set up
workgroup profiles and just select the appropriate one from a list
whereupon the system recognizes and joins the new group - without
reboot.

Maybe a non-reboot is not possible, but even if the utility only
remembered all the different workgroups with their profile names that
would save me some time ...
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You do not need to change to the customer's Workgroup. Machines running
Windows operating systems do not need to be in the same group to share
files/resources. You will be able to share files/resources on other
Windows machines in any Workgroup if 1) Guest is enabled on the target
machine; or 2) you have a user account and matching password on the
target machine.

If you really mean a domain - and this would require a domain
administrator to join your machine to the domain which is a little more
complicated than simply changing the Workgroup name - please post back
with more details.

Malke
 
AK said:
Anybody know of a utility that will allow me to join/change
workgroups "on the fly" without having to type in the name of the
new workgoup and then going thru the agonizing reboot to get xp to
join me to the workgroup??
I travel to customers office's all the time and have to join their
workgroup(s). What a pain having to type in the new workgroup many
and then reboot. I am looking for something will allow me to set up
workgroup profiles and just select the appropriate one from a list
whereupon the system recognizes and joins the new group - without
reboot.
Maybe a non-reboot is not possible, but even if the utility only
remembered all the different workgroups with their profile names
that would save me some time ...
Click to expand...

Why?

Workgroups are nothing special - they only make browsing easier - they don't
do much of anything else.

You should be able to access any "workgroup" resources without ever being a
member of said workgroup.

The same (latter statement only) can generally be said about domain
resources.

It's all about passing the right credentials - not being a member of the
workgroup in most cases.
 
Give me a couple days to check into some things ......


The only computers I can see under the MyComputer:
 
AK said:
Anybody know of a utility that will allow me to join/change
workgroups "on the fly" without having to type in the name of the
new workgoup and then going thru the agonizing reboot to get xp
to join me to the workgroup??

I travel to customers office's all the time and have to join their
workgroup(s). What a pain having to type in the new workgroup
many and then reboot. I am looking for something will allow me to
set up workgroup profiles and just select the appropriate one
from a list whereupon the system recognizes and joins the new
group - without reboot.

Maybe a non-reboot is not possible, but even if the utility only
remembered all the different workgroups with their profile names
that would save me some time ...
Click to expand...

Shenan said:
Why?

Workgroups are nothing special - they only make browsing easier -
they don't do much of anything else.

You should be able to access any "workgroup" resources without ever
being a member of said workgroup.

The same (latter statement only) can generally be said about domain
resources.

It's all about passing the right credentials - not being a member
of the workgroup in most cases.
Click to expand...
You do not need to change to the customer's Workgroup. Machines
running Windows operating systems do not need to be in the same
group to share files/resources. You will be able to share
files/resources on other Windows machines in any Workgroup if 1)
Guest is enabled on the target machine; or 2) you have a user
account and matching password on the target machine.

If you really mean a domain - and this would require a domain
administrator to join your machine to the domain which is a little
more complicated than simply changing the Workgroup name - please
post back with more details.
Click to expand...
Give me a couple days to check into some things ......

The only computers I can see under the MyComputer:
Click to expand...

See, there's that. You do not need to see them when you browse in order to
access them. Sure - that makes things "easier" in some ways - but as long
as you know the names of the network resources - it's just as easy to
connect to them using command line or Start-->Run commands.. Usually - if
you visit the same places over and over - a BATCH or VBSCRIPT for each place
is all you need to come up with to "map" the correct network resources for
each site.. And your computer never changes anything.
 
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