"Malke" wrote:

> Rob wrote:
>
> > I have a laptop that I bring home from work.  It is running XP Pro.  I
> > am
> > attempting to connect to my home PC via my home network.  It is
> > running XP
> > Home.  I do get a pop up asking me to input my username and password,
> > and
> > input the information however it keeps coming back.  I should note
> > that my laptop connects to a domain at work and after inputting the
> > username and password it comes back and the username is given the
> > prefix of the domain I
> > log into at work.  Any help/suggestions?
>
> From MVP Lanwench - You don't need to change to a workgroup just to
> access resources on it. You shouldn't play with your laptop's network
> settings at all. Once you've logged in using your domain account (using
> cached credentials), and have an IP address on the home network, you
> can map drives, use printers, whatnot, very easily - one way, in a
> command line:
>
> net use x: \\computername\sharename /user:computername\username <enter>
>
> MS KB article about the Net Use command - http://tinyurl.com/3bpnj
>
> Also see:
>
> Managing One Windows XP-based Laptop for the Office and Home by MVP
> Charlie Russel
> http://tinyurl.com/cpy9q
>
> http://winhlp.com/wxdomainworkgroup.htm - MVP Hans-Georg Michna
>
> Malke
> --
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> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

"Rob" wrote:

> Is there a reason that I cannot simply type the share and then username and
> pw?  I.E.  (from run) "\\computername\c$"  (then when prompted) username/pw
>
> I would prefer to do that, but I can't figure out why it won't let me and
> continues to assign the domain to the username when I do it as above.
>
> "Malke" wrote:
>
> > Rob wrote:
> >
> > > I have a laptop that I bring home from work.  It is running XP Pro.  I
> > > am
> > > attempting to connect to my home PC via my home network.  It is
> > > running XP
> > > Home.  I do get a pop up asking me to input my username and password,
> > > and
> > > input the information however it keeps coming back.  I should note
> > > that my laptop connects to a domain at work and after inputting the
> > > username and password it comes back and the username is given the
> > > prefix of the domain I
> > > log into at work.  Any help/suggestions?
> >
> > From MVP Lanwench - You don't need to change to a workgroup just to
> > access resources on it. You shouldn't play with your laptop's network
> > settings at all. Once you've logged in using your domain account (using
> > cached credentials), and have an IP address on the home network, you
> > can map drives, use printers, whatnot, very easily - one way, in a
> > command line:
> >
> > net use x: \\computername\sharename /user:computername\username <enter>
> >
> > MS KB article about the Net Use command - http://tinyurl.com/3bpnj
> >
> > Also see:
> >
> > Managing One Windows XP-based Laptop for the Office and Home by MVP
> > Charlie Russel
> > http://tinyurl.com/cpy9q
> >
> > http://winhlp.com/wxdomainworkgroup.htm - MVP Hans-Georg Michna
> >
> > Malke
> > --
> > Elephant Boy Computers
> > www.elephantboycomputers.com
> > "Don't Panic!"
> > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
> >