Workgroup/Domain Co-existence

I have an Ethernet and Wireless home LAN with 2 x XP Home,
1 x XP Professional and 1 x Windows 98 PC connected. The
Windows XP Professional is configured to belong to a
domain for work purposes.

The remaining PCs are configured in a Workgroup and
file/printer sharing work fine. Netbios over TCP is
enabled on all PCs.

Can I get the Domain PC to integrate with my Workgoup PCs
without blowing away the Domain configuration? Tips on how
to achieve this (or a straight "No, it can't be done")
much appreciated.

Thank you,

Tony

It does work. The issue is that you are logging in with your domain
account, so when you connect to another home machine your credentials are
workdomain\username. You need to connect with machinename\username. You
can do this manually (Map Network Drive or net use) or you can store the
credential in Stored User Names and Passwords.

I know that's not very clear, post back if you need more direction.
--

Ken Wickes [MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


"Tony" <ton.hill@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
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> I have an Ethernet and Wireless home LAN with 2 x XP Home,
> 1 x XP Professional and 1 x Windows 98 PC connected. The
> Windows XP Professional is configured to belong to a
> domain for work purposes.
>
> The remaining PCs are configured in a Workgroup and
> file/printer sharing work fine. Netbios over TCP is
> enabled on all PCs.
>
> Can I get the Domain PC to integrate with my Workgoup PCs
> without blowing away the Domain configuration? Tips on how
> to achieve this (or a straight "No, it can't be done")
> much appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Tony

Just answered my own question.

Rename Workgroup to the same name as the Domain and file
and printer sharing works AOK


>-----Original Message-----
>I have an Ethernet and Wireless home LAN with 2 x XP
Home,
>1 x XP Professional and 1 x Windows 98 PC connected. The
>Windows XP Professional is configured to belong to a
>domain for work purposes.
>
>The remaining PCs are configured in a Workgroup and
>file/printer sharing work fine. Netbios over TCP is
>enabled on all PCs.
>
>Can I get the Domain PC to integrate with my Workgoup PCs
>without blowing away the Domain configuration? Tips on
how
>to achieve this (or a straight "No, it can't be done")
>much appreciated.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Tony
>.
>

OK, thanks Ken.

What I did on my Win 98 home laptop is to create a user
that matches the primary user on my domain based work
laptop. When I log into Windows on my home laptop using
the new username I can map drives and see printers in both
directions.

I guess because this satisfies the credentials thing you
mention below.

Thanks for your help.

Tony
>-----Original Message-----
>It does work. The issue is that you are logging in with
your domain
>account, so when you connect to another home machine your
credentials are
>workdomain\username. You need to connect with
machinename\username. You
>can do this manually (Map Network Drive or net use) or
you can store the
>credential in Stored User Names and Passwords.
>
>I know that's not very clear, post back if you need more
direction.
>--
>
>Ken Wickes [MSFT]
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
>
>
>"Tony" <ton.hill@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
>news:132e501c44370$c83a5240$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>> I have an Ethernet and Wireless home LAN with 2 x XP
Home,
>> 1 x XP Professional and 1 x Windows 98 PC connected. The
>> Windows XP Professional is configured to belong to a
>> domain for work purposes.
>>
>> The remaining PCs are configured in a Workgroup and
>> file/printer sharing work fine. Netbios over TCP is
>> enabled on all PCs.
>>
>> Can I get the Domain PC to integrate with my Workgoup
PCs
>> without blowing away the Domain configuration? Tips on
how
>> to achieve this (or a straight "No, it can't be done")
>> much appreciated.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Tony
>
>
>.
>

>-----Original Message-----
>Rename Workgroup to the same name as the Domain and file
>and printer sharing works AOK

I have same problem....but my domain is Active Directory,
and it is too many letters to fit in the "workgroup" field.

Microsoft, theres gotta be a simple answer for this. I see
numerous postings in here about this issue.

Yeah, there is ... when you created your AD domain you should also have been
prompted for a shorter "NetBIOS" domain name for clients that cannot handle
long domain names. It is that short name that you will need to use.

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<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> >-----Original Message-----
> >Rename Workgroup to the same name as the Domain and file
> >and printer sharing works AOK
>
> I have same problem....but my domain is Active Directory,
> and it is too many letters to fit in the "workgroup" field.
>
> Microsoft, theres gotta be a simple answer for this. I see
> numerous postings in here about this issue.