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Workgroup v Domain - Toggle?

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by cmduke

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Is there a solution that allows a machine to switch between domain and workgroup settings without rebooting - or losing domain information and adjoin?

Users working at office must be joined to the network, but when working at home via home networks, they need to connect to workgroups - which then disconnects them from the domain for the following day at work.

Thanks,
Chris

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by ireneb

as far as i know changing from workgroup to domain or vice versa required a reboot of machine. I know it's required more work for us as to join and disjoint from workgroup or domain.

As a matter of fact, you can logon to virtual "domain" at home. Do not have to disjoin from domain to workgroup. You can use this feature if you are running on Windows 2000 and higher. Or unless you logon locally on your machine when u r back home.

by clearsmashdrop

Why do they need to be in a workgroup at home? If its cause they want to access their home networks? I usually tell people we (IT) dont support home networks, its too much of a burden and could lead to messy scenarios.

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