Guest Watty Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 I'm on my bi-annual hunt on where to change my workgroup. I thought it was somewhere in LAN Network properties? TCP/IP entry?
Guest Nepatsfan Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 Re: Changing My Workgroup "Watty" <notvalid@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:0OJGk.1775$hc1.1353@flpi150.ffdc.sbc.com... > I'm on my bi-annual hunt on where to change my workgroup. I thought it was > somewhere in LAN Network properties? TCP/IP entry? Control Panel -> System -> Computer Name -> Hit the Change button. Good luck Nepatsfan
Guest Malke Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 Re: Changing My Workgroup Watty wrote: > I'm on my bi-annual hunt on where to change my workgroup. I thought it > was somewhere in LAN Network properties? TCP/IP entry? To change the name of your Workgroup (a cosmetic process not affecting network behavior), go to Control Panel>System>Computer Name tab. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
Guest AJR Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 Re: Changing My Workgroup "... (a cosmetic process not affecting network behavior), >>>" ??? "Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:uhQk8TIKJHA.3936@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Watty wrote: > >> I'm on my bi-annual hunt on where to change my workgroup. I thought it >> was somewhere in LAN Network properties? TCP/IP entry? > > To change the name of your Workgroup (a cosmetic process not affecting > network behavior), go to Control Panel>System>Computer Name tab. > > Malke > -- > MS-MVP > Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! > FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ >
Guest Malke Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 Re: Changing My Workgroup AJR wrote: > "... (a cosmetic process not affecting > network behavior), >>>" ??? What didn't you understand about that? Workgroup names are just an organizational device and do not affect networking in Windows XP. Nothing prevents machines properly configured from successful file/printer sharing even if they have disparate Workgroup names. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
Guest AJR Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 Re: Changing My Workgroup "Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:%23pJvlKMKJHA.5060@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > AJR wrote: > >> "... (a cosmetic process not affecting >> network behavior), >>>" ??? > > What didn't you understand about that? Workgroup names are just an > organizational device and do not affect networking in Windows XP. Nothing > prevents machines properly configured from successful file/printer sharing > even if they have disparate Workgroup names. May be disparate computer names. Are you saying that computers in a peer-to-peer network do not require to have identical workgroup names?
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 Re: Changing My Workgroup "Watty" <notvalid@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:0OJGk.1775$hc1.1353@flpi150.ffdc.sbc.com... > I'm on my bi-annual hunt on where to change my workgroup. I thought it was > somewhere in LAN Network properties? TCP/IP entry? Another way to do this is by way of right-clicking My Computer, choose Properties, then Computer Name. There's a button that allows you to change the workgroup name. A restart is often "required". HTH -pk
Guest Lem Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Re: Changing My Workgroup AJR wrote: > "Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message > news:%23pJvlKMKJHA.5060@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> AJR wrote: >> >>> "... (a cosmetic process not affecting >>> network behavior), >>>" ??? >> What didn't you understand about that? Workgroup names are just an >> organizational device and do not affect networking in Windows XP. Nothing >> prevents machines properly configured from successful file/printer sharing >> even if they have disparate Workgroup names. > > May be disparate computer names. > > Are you saying that computers in a peer-to-peer network do not require to > have identical workgroup names? > > That's exactly what Malke is saying (correctly). -- Lem -- MS-MVP To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm
Guest John John (MVP) Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Re: Changing My Workgroup AJR wrote: > "Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message > news:%23pJvlKMKJHA.5060@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > >>AJR wrote: >> >> >>>"... (a cosmetic process not affecting >>>network behavior), >>>" ??? >> >>What didn't you understand about that? Workgroup names are just an >>organizational device and do not affect networking in Windows XP. Nothing >>prevents machines properly configured from successful file/printer sharing >>even if they have disparate Workgroup names. > > > May be disparate computer names. > > Are you saying that computers in a peer-to-peer network do not require to > have identical workgroup names? It's a Browser thing only, having the computers in the same workgroup makes it easier to find other computers on your network. It also eliminates a bit of the Browser complexity and makes it easier to find and fix browser problems on your network, each workgroup has its own Master Browser and Browse List, so having different workgroups just makes that part of things that more complicated. Computers don't need to be in the same workgroup to share resources but for the reasons mentioned above it is usually better to have them in the same group. At times it may make sense to have different workgroups, in a small business without a real server it could make it easier to manage things if you have different groups for different departments. For example, Mary in accounting probably doesn't need to browse Nancy's computer in engineering, so why have her in same workgroup and have more clutter in the list of computers that she usually needs to browse? As mentioned earlier, its a browser thing only, Mary and Nancy can still access resources on each others computers. John
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