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Hi everyone, This is a first time posting. I have a networking question. I
have a laptop that is part of a domain but I was given permission to use it
at home. Can I create a user and just sign onto the laptop off of the
domain? I have a choice to log on as laptop or to the domain. Looking for
some ideas. Thanks
 
D said:
Hi everyone, This is a first time posting. I have a networking
question. I have a laptop that is part of a domain but I was given
permission to use it at home. Can I create a user and just sign onto
the laptop off of the domain? I have a choice to log on as laptop or
to the domain. Looking for some ideas. Thanks
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Per MVP Lanwench - you don't need to change to a workgroup just to
access resources on it. You shouldn't play with your laptop's network
settings at all. Once you've logged in using your domain account (using
cached credentials), and have an IP address on the home network, you
can map drives, use printers, whatnot, very easily - one way, in a
command line:

net use x: \\computername\sharename /user:computername\username <enter>

Also see:

MS KB article about the Net Use command - http://tinyurl.com/3bpnj

Managing One Windows XP-based Laptop for the Office and Home by MVP
Charlie Russel
http://tinyurl.com/cpy9q

http://winhlp.com/wxdomainworkgroup.htm - MVP Hans-Georg Michna

Malke
 
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