Re: laptop cannot print when at home

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From: BDZ (BDZ_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/21/05 

Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 08:15:03 -0800

I do have him set up with different accounts for work and home. I have been
able to duplicate the problems here by not connecting him to the server (just
pull out the cable). His problems exist whether or not I log him in with his
domain account or the local. Does the mere presence of the local cause the
problem?

He is a CPA and does accounting work for more than this business - so
essentially his laptop is his QuickBooks Pro server. He LOVES his AOL
account.
 He is the CEO:(

I will try to remove the local account and see what happens. Thanks!

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

> BDZ wrote:
> > I have a laptop running XP SP1 on an SBS2003 server at work.
> > Everything works great here. When my boss goes home - he cannot
> > print. Also "navigator" forms disappear in applications like
> > QuickBooks Pro and AOL. He has a wireless router set up at home.
> > This all worked fine for almost a year when my network was NT - fell
> > apart when I bought a new server with SBS2003 on it.
> >
> > ANY help/direction will be GREATLY appreciated.
>
> Is he logging in to his domain account, not a local account, when at home?
> He should always log in using his domain account. No users should ever have
> or use local machine accounts.
> Does he have a local or home-network printer specified when he's at home?
> Can he not add one?
> You mention his wireless router - not sure what problems or issues he's
> running into with that, or why it's relevant here. Is he having network
> connectivity problems?
>
> I don't know what good his Quickbooks is going to do him at home - he should
> definitely not have that data on his laptop - it belongs on a server, and I
> presume that would be your SBS server in the office. Unless he also has a
> Quickbooks file somewhere on his home network.
>
> I also recommend getting AOL off his laptop if you can. I don't like AOL on
> any computer, but especially don't like it on computers that belong to a
> domain. What does he need it for? He can always check his AOL mail through
> their website if he needs to.
>
>
>

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