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by scramble

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A small Windows2000 network was once under the workgroup name of HKSSS. Time passed and the PCs were reinstalled with XP under the workgroup name 'WORKGROUP'. One however was upgraded because of the data on it and the workgroup name was changed using system properties. The problem is that when you go into my network places and select 'view workgroup computers' it takes an age and then reports that 'HKSSS' cannot be found. There seems to be nothing in the windows registry or anywhere on the harddrive that relates to 'HKSSS' or indeed 'WORKGROUP' so where is this information held and how do I remove it???

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by cg it

have to reboot the computer when changing to a domain or another workgroup for the change to take effect. There's a popup window that says this. If a computer still belongs to the old workgroup when its membership was changed to a new workgroup, someone didn't reboot it.

Note: The default install workgroup name is "Workgroup". That doesn't mean that computer has membership in a group of computers in the workgroup named workgroup. A mistake some techs make which is why changing the workgroup name to something different is a wise choice.

I would start from scratch, change the workgroup name to something other than workgroup to ensure all workstations belong to the same workgroup. you can migrate user profiles over to the new workgroup so they all have their old desktops and preferences.

by scramble

I just wanted to revert back to the default workgroup name. Is this setting unique to the user then? Perhaps a corrupt user account. Also noticed dhcp client service will not start if that is anything to do with it. I will avoid a reinstall at any cost as some software will involve slow 3rd party support. Best left as an unsolved mystery I suppose.

by cg it

workgroups work like domains. you can join them them and to unjoin from them you have to join something else. There's no go back or revert.

The default install workgroup is named Workgroup. However what that does is isolate the computer from others on the network [the workgroup acts as a security boundry]. So if you have other comps you need file folder sharing and map drives, you have to join the workgroup they are in.

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