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Old 03-26-2008, 02:03 AM
FUBARinSFO
 
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Default How do I change workgroup membership in command window?

Hi:

How do I change workgroup membership of a workstation from a command
window? (not via GUI or manual changes). Say from the default
installation WORKGROUP to WG002. I can't figure out the "net use"
command to do it, and haven't been able to locate a single source that
simply addresses this one issue.

Thank you in advance for your help.

-- Roy Zider
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Old 03-26-2008, 05:20 AM
Jack \(MVP-Networking\).
 
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Default Re: How do I change workgroup membership in command window?

Hi
Few of Windows OS' have Net Group command
http://technet2.microsoft.com/window....mspx?mfr=true
Jack (MVP-Networking).

"FUBARinSFO" <file1303@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi:
>
> How do I change workgroup membership of a workstation from a command
> window? (not via GUI or manual changes). Say from the default
> installation WORKGROUP to WG002. I can't figure out the "net use"
> command to do it, and haven't been able to locate a single source that
> simply addresses this one issue.
>
> Thank you in advance for your help.
>
> -- Roy Zider


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Old 03-28-2008, 09:18 AM
FUBARinSFO
 
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Default Re: How do I change workgroup membership in command window?

Jack:

Unless I misunderstand the purpose of the net localgroup command, it
is not what I'm referring to.

The problem here is that the local workstation is part of group
WORKSTATION
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Old 03-28-2008, 09:23 AM
FUBARinSFO
 
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Default Re: How do I change workgroup membership in command window?

Jack:

(mispostd just now)

The problem is that the local Windows XP workstation is a member of
workgroup WORKGROUP whereas every other workstation ont eh LAN is
member of workgroup WG002.

As a result, when I "net view" from the local workstation I get
"System error 6118" and can't see any of the other workstations, and I
can't even browse to find out what the other groups are on the LAN.

I know I can simply change the name from WORKGROUP to WG02, but I want
to do it programmatically from a cmd file. The net group command
addresses groups of user accounts on my local XP workstation, not the
workgroup names on the LAN.


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Old 04-11-2008, 10:43 PM
FUBARinSFO
 
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Default Re: How do I change workgroup membership in command window?

Anybody have any ideas about how to do this? TIA
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