Re: Domain vs Wkgrp chngd VB app,now launch's Off.Instl

From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 02/25/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 09:40:49 -0500

Hi -

I replied in another group - if you need to post to multiple groups, it's
best to do so all at once in a single message (separate the NG names with
commas) so that everyone can follow the thread. Thanks ....

Crossposting = posting once to several newsgroups within a single message.
This is not a Bad Thing (presuming the list of groups posted to is small,
and all the groups are truly relevant to your question)

Multiposting = posting separate, identical posts to several newsgroups. This
is a Bad Thing. :-)

See http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

Jim wrote:
> Background (questions are at the bottom):
> =========================================
> I have a company laptop running Window 2000 Pro. While not really a
> Visual Basic programmer, I inherited support and maintenance for a
> small application. I was making changes and testing on the laptop at
> work normally. The laptop is configured for a domain here at work
> although I did not have the network cable connected. The actual VB
> development is done on a desktop machine, then the program is copied
> to a memory stick and installed on the laptop.
>
> I took the laptop home to continue development on my desktop PC
> there. Since I have a 10bT network at home, I thought I would make my
> life easier by connecting it, then I could transfer the install
> package without using a memory stick or CD. My home network is setup
> for a workgroup not a domain as there is no central server. I
> configured the laptop for workgroup instead of domain. I set the
> workgroup name to match the home network. When I restarted the
> laptop, the user name and password that I was using was no longer
> valid. I somewhat vaguely understand this as the user name was part
> of the domain not the local machine. I haven't quite figured out the
> details but that suffices for now.
>
> I was lucky that the Administrator (local machine I guess) had a
> default password. I was able to create new user accounts, etc.
>
> Now I attempted to run the VB application that had been installed
> before. I was not re-installing it, just running the previously
> installed application that had been working. When I did, it started
> the Microsoft Office 2000 Installer. The installer prompted that I
> was attempting to use a component of Office that was not installed
> and asked for the CD. I tried again logged in as Administrator and
> got the same results. I did not have the CD so I had to cancel and
> give up for the night.
>
> When I took the laptop back to work, I could not get it to connect
> back to the domain, even though I used the proper domain name, user
> name and password. I got the message user name or password is
> invalid. I had our MIS department get it reconnected to the domain.
> MIS renamed the computer. They said they had to rename it because the
> server already knows about the old name and will not allow rejoining
> the network with an identical name. This did not make sense to me and
> I had heard of someone else I know that was able to get re-joined to
> domain without changing the laptop name.
>
> Anyway, the domain connection was working again and so was the
> original user name and password. Interestingly enough, now when I ran
> the VB application it was able to find the Office component it was
> looking for and did NOT start the Office 2000 Installer.
>
> Questions:
> =========================================
> Why did the VB application cause the Office Installer to run?
>
> I realize it wanted to use some component, but why couldn't it be
> found in a workgroup configuration?
>
> When an application like Office is installed in a domain
> configuration, is the machine essentially split into virtual machines
> such as local machine and domain machine?
>
> Why couldn't I reconnect to the domain at work after reconfiguring
> correctly?
>
> Why did MIS have to change the computer name to re-join the domain?
>
> =========================================
> Apologize for the length of this post, but without the whole story,
> the questions are not as clear.
>
> Any help is appreciated,
>
> Jim

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