Re: Domain and Workgroup

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Hi lenny,

Can you map a network drive to other PC's using IP thus \\192.168.0.4\c$
(or whatever your PC's have as IP's).

If so - then there is a workgroup mismatch between machines. I have edited
the hosts file in the past to fix that sort of thing for home networks.
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\

Like, add lines in the host file with notepad:

192.168.0.5 kitchen
192.168.0.3 bedroom

If you get desperate.... :-) ?

Cheers,
CreateWindow


"Lenny" <Lenny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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CreateWindow: Did as you suggested and when I went to map network drive,
it
said that path was not found. I also tried adding a network place with
that
path and it also said path not found. Still, I can ping each computer
from
the other.

Mark: Did as you suggested and nothing shows up. I don't think it takes
the environmental variable. It looks like it is literal in its
interpretation.

L

"CreateWindow" wrote:

Hi Lenny,

You can create a user on the target machine(s) called fred (or whatever)
and
give it admin rights. Set a nice password for this user.

Now, from any machine you should be able to Map a network drive using
this
username/password. The password can be saved for you automatically.

To mape to the root of the drive use \\otherpc\C$ as the share name.
Turn OFF simple file sharing in Explorer / Tools / Folder Options / View

CreateWindow
http://mymessagetaker.com



"Lenny" <Lenny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks again. You have now gone past my knowledge. Can you point me
to
an
article or something that can show me how to set up and use global
variables?

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

Well, I've not tried it, but what about using an environmental
variable
storing the longer workgroup name (%myGroup%)
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"Lenny" wrote:

Thank you Mark. I actually had thought of that, but the domain name
is
longer than what Vista allows in the workgroup field. I tried
truncating the
".com" off and that didn't work. I also tried using only the root
part
of
the domain - the part that is the company's primary web address and
that
didn't work.

I presume, based on the wizards and knowledge base articles I have
read
that
a user on a computer can only belong to a domain or a workgroup. I
would
also guess that if I set up a different user profile, it could be
part
of the
workgroup. However, that would mean logging off and on each time I
want to
switch the way I am working, defeating the purpose.

I was hoping that given that the machines could ping each other,
that
there
was some way of setting up a network resource or "something" where I
could
specify the IP address of the Vista computer, and from there see the
drives
on it.

Maybe there is some other way. I am out of ideas.

L

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

Try naming the workgroup the same name as the domain.

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"Lenny" wrote:

I have a laptop that is configured for my office domain.

I also have a home network that has a workgroup.

I would really like to be able to access the storage on other
computers from
my laptop, but can't figure out how to do that without disabling
the domain.

If it matters, the computer I most want to access is Vista, not
XP.
But the
laptop is XP pro.

I can ping the computers from each other while on my home
wireless
network.

Any ideas?





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