Get local computers Workgroup name

[Guest]

Hi all.

Getting stright to the point Im trying to get and set my computers workgroup
name but im having litle luck, i've tryed:

Environment.UserDomainName
Environment.MachineName

but they only retreive the local machine name.

Can anyone point me in the right direction.
Thanks.

P.s reason being, im writing a small app for changing NIC settings on the fly.

 

[Guest]

To retrieve the workgroup, try
System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("USERDOMAIN"). This may not always
work depending on who is logged in. For example, if you use this command
from an ASP.NET page, you will get a workgroup of "NT Authority" because of
the settings of the default user.

Hope this helps.

 

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

Hi all.

Getting stright to the point Im trying to get and set my computers
workgroup
name but im having litle luck, i've tryed:

Environment.UserDomainName
Environment.MachineName

but they only retreive the local machine name.

Can anyone point me in the right direction.
Thanks.

P.s reason being, im writing a small app for changing NIC settings on the
fly.

What exactly are you trying to achieve?
NIC settings have nothing to do with "Computers workgroup" names.

Willy.

 

[Guest]

Thats correct they dont, however im providing myself with multiple network
profiles. With the information i have im able to load a different profile
<NIC settings> and im able to use the net at work, and with a simple button
click im able to change my profile back to home <no playing about adding and
removing the tcp/ip settings for different location>.

The workgroup name problem was really only something i was curious about,
given i could get all other information i thought it would be an idea to
enable profiles to get / set workgroup information for different locations,
enabling access to network resources in different locations <e.g home =
MSHOME, work = MSWORK>.

I hope this shows my intentions.

Zav.