Changing My Workgroup

[Guest Watty]

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]

Re: Changing My Workgroup

 

"Watty" <notvalid@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message

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> 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]

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

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[Guest AJR]

Re: Changing My Workgroup

 

"... (a cosmetic process not affecting

network behavior), >>>" ???

 

 

"Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message

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> 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

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> MS-MVP

> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!

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>

[Guest Malke]

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

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[Guest AJR]

Re: Changing My Workgroup

 

 

"Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message

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> 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]

Re: Changing My Workgroup

 

 

"Watty" <notvalid@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message

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> 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]

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).

 

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[Guest John John (MVP)]

Re: Changing My Workgroup

 

AJR wrote:

> "Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message

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>

>>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