Re: Laptop with domain on network with workgroups

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From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 06/06/04 

Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 12:08:58 -0400

Lars Nilsson wrote:
> I have 2 desktops running Windows XP. One of theme ("the main one")
> is connected to Internet via broadband. I also have two laptops, one
> running XP and the other W2000. Both these laptops are using domains
> since they are used at work during daytime, while the desktops use
> workgroups. I have an MSHOME network defined on the main PC. I also
> have two shared printers on the network, both of which can be
> accessed by both desktops. Both laptops can access Internet via the
> main PC. From the main PC, I can access the drives on the laptops,
> having to enter a username and password first to get there. However,
> when I try to access this desktop from any of the laptops, I get the
> error message "There are currently nologon servers available to
> service the logon request."

If you try this in a command prompt:

net use x: \\homePCname\sharename /username:homePCname\validusername <enter>
and then enter the password if prompted, does it work? If so, can you then
use the shared printer on that computer?

> I am also not able to use the printers
> from the laptops. They are configured, but when I try to print on
> them, I get the message "Windows cannot print due to a problem with
> the current printer setup."

Don't change the domain membership settings on the laptops, even if the
users have local admin rights, or they will lock themselves out of the car,
as it were - and will have to bring them back to the office and grovel in
front of the domain admin to be re-joined to the domain.

There's a third party app called MultiNetworkManager from www.globesoft.com
that might work for the laptop users, but I've never used it, and if these
are corporate laptops, the users must check with their domain admins at work
before installing anything like that. And it may not be necessary anyway.

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