Re: Switching from "domain" to peer-to-peer workgroup

"Chuck" <none@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:0ct5a25erc4h4he94larc2hqcrimuu5496@xxxxxxxxxx
: On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 14:12:02 -0700, Kurt
<Kurt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:
: >We have new people in our suite of offices who previously had a
dedicated
: >server and a "domain". They have upgraded the operating system
on most of
: >their computers to Windows XP Pro, and used them in that network.
Now they
: >are here we are trying to set up a Windows XP Pro peer-to-peer
network.
: >However, these machines don't seem to have a Network Setup
Wizard, nor does
: >the list of Network Tasks include an icon for Set Up a Home or
Office
: >Network. Likewise, the clicking on the Users icon in Control
Panel gives me
: >a different looking window than I get on my own computer which
has never been
: >part of a "domain".
: >
: >Is there a way to (a) persuade the computers they are NOT part of
a domain,
: >and (b) get them to allow me to set up a peer-to-peer LAN?
:
: Kurt,
:
: If you login as a local administrator, you can go into System
Properties -
: Computer Name, and join the computers to a workgroup. Once that's
done, you'll
: be able to run the Network Setup Wizard, if you like. But you
will need a local
: admin login.
:
: --
: Cheers,
: Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
: http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
: Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from
experience.
: My email is AT DOT
: actual address pchuck mvps org.

Beware, it you change the computer from being a member of a domain
to a workgroud, you effectively remove that computer from the
domain, and any/all cached domain profiles/credentials are no longer
valid without them being rejoined to the domain. A computer part of
a domain can work and access resources on a workgroup without having
to remove it from the domain.

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