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by mack_shane

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I have the task of implementing a number of new laptops and tablet PC's. All of these PC's will be geographically spread out and none of them connected to a physical network. Very rarily will they actually connect physically to our main network. Security is of a concern to us.

Should these PC's be added to our domain or should these just be on a workgroup. My reasoning for the domain would be for security purposes. We are running Windows XP on all of these PC's.

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by areets

If you can configure XP laptops to join the LAN and have immediate network resources access then OK. Accessing domain network resources from a workgroup could bring issues along the line. There is no general rule of thumb, but do ensure no repeated administration is required each time the laptops rejoin the network as per resource required.

With security in mind, consider regular change of local user password.

Domain network resources are secured, so if regularly accessed, then place the laptops in the domain. Local machine login is possible, afterwards.

TSP

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