I think I setup my home laptop wrong...going back...

From: Joe (Joe_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/24/05 

Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 09:27:02 -0800

Office setup: SBS2003>Switch (connected to router for DSL)>XP Pro Workstations
I recently purchased a laptop partly for my wife to use at home (with XP
Pro). I also wanted to be able to login somehow to SBS to work from home so
what I did was to set her laptop up here at the office basically as a
workstation on the network, so it got most of its "settings" from the server
when I went into Explorer and set it up (including making the homepage in IE
unchangeable and always set on "companyweb." I set her name up as a power
mobile user on our network from the server, etc...Everything seems fine...
So I go home and fire it up and Ctrl-Alt-Del and log her in, computer
detects the wireless router connected to our home cable internet, all that is
good. In "my computer" it even shows the mapped network drives though
clicking on them nothing happens (can't access)?
Secondly, I open up IE and it tries to connect to
"http://companyweb/default.aspx" and give me this long error message cannot
connect etc. Now I don't really mind that but I'd rather my wife at home be
able to have her own "homepage" to start out instead of our work one which
doesn't work unless connected to the LAN as I understand.
I kind of feel like I screwed up by setting her computer up here at our
office and using server settings because now I don't know how to get the
server's "grip" off her laptop but still making it able for me to do remote
web workplace and mstsc. Any thoughts?
Also speaking of MSTSC... I love this and I can get onto the Server computer
but I can't access the workstations (specifically mine at the office) this
way. I can going through IE that way, but I would rather use MSTSC (just
seems faster and more fluid to me). I can access any workstation from here
at the office using my computer connected to the LAN but not my wife's at
home?
I appologize for the dumb questions... Thanks in advance and thank you
Microsoft for a great server... It saved us this tax season!

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