RE: Domain & Workgroup Access on XP Pro SP2

Hi Tom,

Thanks for your update by mail.

OK, I will wait you-). If you have any further question on the issue please
let me know. I am glad to be assistance to you!

Have a nice day!

Sincerely,

Jenny Wu
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Hi Jenny,

Thank you for the follow-up to your recent post response.

I had not gone to work on this matter yet only because the
domain admin has been out on vacation with no other substitute
covering (go figure!)

I will be addressing this sometime this week though....

I am also going to try to persuade the company to stop adding
laptops as domain machine's vs workgroup computers connected via
temporary domain connections or rdp services.


Kindest Regards,

Tom Allen
Domain Administrator
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>Hi Tom,
>
>Thanks for using the SBS newsgroup!
>
>>From your description, I am not sure what you want. Could you describe
your
>situation more detail? Do you mean that you want to configure the laptop
>not only can login to domain at work, but also can work with the workgroup
>at home? If yes, you can join the laptop to domain at work, and when you
>bring the laptop to home, you can choose logon locally and use the
>workgroup resources with appropriate permissions.
>
>The method to join domain:
>========================
>If the company network is SBS environment, we recommended you join the
>computer to domain with setup client computer wizard. You can refer to the
>following steps to do:
>
>I. Please verify the laptop settings as below:
>
>a. Leave the Default Gateway of the internal NIC blank of the server box.
>b. Configure the internal client computer's NIC use the internal DNS
>Service (the internal NIC IP) as the DNS Server. And there is only the DNS
>server be configured on client computers.
>
>c. Please ensure enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP on client computers, please
>check the settings.
>
>1. Right-click My Network Places, and then click Properties.
>2. Right-click the external network adapter''s Local Area Connection icon,
>and then click Properties.
>3. Click Internet Protocl (TCP/IP), and then click Properties.
>4. Click Advanced.
>5. Click the WINS tab.
>6. Click "Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP".
>7. Click OK, click OK, and then click OK.
>
>II. Setup the client computer by running Setup Client Computer wizard to
>setup computer account.
>
>III. In the client computer, try to join it to domain by running
>http://servername/connectcomputer. And assign appropriate user accounts to
>the computer.
>
>Note: Please ensure you have added the SBS Site (http://FQDN/*) in trusted
>site in IE of the laptop. You can refer to the following steps:
>
>a. Start Internet Explorer.
>b. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
>c. On the Security tab, click Local intranet zone, and then click Sites.
>d. Click Advanced.
>e. In the Add this Web site to the zone box, type the ConnectComputer
>server's IP address or the ConnectComputer server's FQDN, and then click
>Add.
>
>========================
>If the network is normal Windows 2003 domain, you can manually join the
>laptop to domain. The steps as below:
>
>After you verified DNS, Gateway settings, and then logon the laptop with
>Administrator account, and then manually join it to domain.
>1. Right click My Computer and open System Properties page.
>2. Under Computer Name tab, click Change.. button to open Change computer
>name page. Please check the checkbox of "Domain" and input appropriate
>domain name the laptop need to join.
>3. When you click OK, there will be a windows form prompt to require
>inputting the domain admin user name and password. After authenticated,
the
>laptop will be joined to domain.
>
>If the laptop is brought to home, you just need configure appropriate IP
>address as your home network, it will work fine.
>
>Hope above information helps! If you have any further question on the
issue
>please let me know. I am happy to be assistance to your and look forward
to
>your reply!
>
>Have a nice day!
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Jenny Wu
>Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
>Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
>======================================================
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>regarding other Microsoft products, you'd better post in the corresponding
>newsgroups so that they can be resolved in an efficient and timely manner.
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the
>"Notify me of replies" box to receive e-mail notifications when there are
>any updates in your thread. When responding to posts via your newsreader,
>please "Reply to Group" so that others may learn and benefit from your
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>
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>provide other information for your reference, we recommend you post
>different incidents in different threads to keep the thread clean. In
doing
>so, it will ensure your issues are resolved in a timely manner.
>
>For urgent issues, you may want to contact Microsoft CSS directly. Please
>check http://support.microsoft.com for regional support phone numbers.
>
>Any input or comments in this thread are highly appreciated.
>======================================================
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
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>>Reply-To: "Tom Allen" <tsa68@[removethisfirst]verizon.net>
>>From: "Tom Allen" <tsa68@[removethisfirst]verizon.net>
>>Subject: Domain & Workgroup Access on XP Pro SP2
>>Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 10:04:41 -0500
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>>I am currently a domain admin and have never had a need to have a
>>computer on a domain at work, and a workgroup at home.
>>
>>Now have a new laptop, which I need just this.
>>
>>Any easy way to create a XP Pro login for domain, and one for
>>workgroup?
>>
>>Thanks in advance!
>>
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