Re: Login to domain andd workgroup
From: Roger Abell (MVPNoSpam@asu.edu)
Date: 02/24/03
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From: Roger Abell <MVPNoSpam@asu.edu> Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 01:24:21 -0800
"Indee" <indee@programmers-den.com> wrote in news:00d001c2dbd1$b64c59a0
$a001280a@phx.gbl:
> Hi
> I am using my laptop at home andd office. In office I have
> too logon to domain and at home logon using workgroup. But
> I have to configure the setting to change from domain to
> workgroup and workgroup to domain. Is their any
> configuration which will make it or I have option to logon
> to domain orr work group.
> If any body has Any Idea Please help onn this.
> Thank you in aadvance.
> Indee
>
A machine is either joined to the domain or not, and
it cannot be in a workgroup when in a domain.
If the laptop is their's leave it in the domain.
If it is yours decide whether to be in the domain or not.
It is your choice. Generally speaking a domain can do much
to modify a joined machine, and without great effort there
is no privacy on a joined machine if the administrators have
a mind to reduce it. Domains can deny one the use of the
local administrative accounts, adjust network settings, and
generally do things that make the machine rather useless or
just inconvenient when at home. But you know all this by now.
If it is your machine you need to decide how it is used.
If they wish to require that you use a domain joined machine
they should be prepared to provide it.
It is possible to do many, and in cases all, domain accesses
using the domain account from a local login to the non-joined
(workgroup) machine (using an account defined on it). It just
takes some exploration to find how to do things. Try defining
an account that is the same in name and password as your domain
account, and then map drives from the machines where there are
resources you need to access. Once you have established the
first connection to a domain machine the rest of the sessions
to that machine will follow the already established connection.
Another thing you should explore is the use of the link in
the User Accounts control panel applet that is on the left
when your account is highlighted - the one at the top -
something to the effect of managing your network passwords.
With this, once called the key ring or credential manager,
you really do not even need to use an account named the same
as your domain account.
Before XP the NetSwitcher tool was invaluable in cases as
yours, and it does still make things easier although XP can
be configured so it can move back and forth between a couple
different networks without tweaking network configurations.
-- Roger Abell MS MVP (Windows Security)
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