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by esemposki

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I have a user with a laptop with Wndows 2000 Pro installed on it. He is on the network here and also wants to set it up for his home network. Problem is that even creating a new user with network setup connections for home, it seems to delete the network setup for work. It doesn't give you the option at logon of logging to a workgroup or a network like NT. What am I missing?

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by ebob

"Hardware Profiles"

Copy your current config and rename it "At Home" (or whatever). TAke the computer to the home network and boot it up wselecting this new profile. It will not work, at first. Now reconfigure the network card and whatever to suit the home network.

Reboot and all is wonderful.`

by ebob

FWIW, I have run many PCs with HW profiles which boot up to connect to different networks. One environment I was in just wouldn't get into DHCP at all of the locations, so I had a half dozen HW profiles each configured to bring the NIC up with the appropriate TCP/IP settings. In addition, I had one more profile that was set to pick up from a DHCP server.

Nothing slicker.

by mike_m

Hi. Maybe you just identified the network as workgroup. Identifying it as domain should enable the third option at logon.
Mike.

by mike_m

Hi. Maybe you just identified the network as workgroup. Identifying it as domain should enable the third option at logon.
Mike.

by ann777

Hardware profiles will not work with two networks. You need a software solution for booting into multiple networks.

Download Netswitcher from www.netswitcher.com... it's only $9 and will allow you to setup a single computer to boot into multiple network configurations.

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