win 2k network id question/reset sys info

[Guest wrap]

my appologies if this posts twice, I tried once before. I was trying to make

it easier to access my win 2k machine from the XP pc's on my home network.

Other 2 connect/share fine. Can see xp machines and printers from win 2k pc

and can share printer on win 2k pc. I could never see the win 2k pc from

normal "my network places" but could get on it by "search for computer and

enter win 2k pc computer name & then user/pw. I could add shortcuts to xp pc

but would lose them when i had to reboot xp pc. I was trying to change

something on the win 2k pc, was tired of always fussing with it. Went to

control panel-system properties-network Id and then clicked Network ID

button. Then changed option from “part of business network…” to “is for home

use…”. Said ok on reboot. When the system came back up I had lost half of my

shortcut icons and when I tried to launch IE I get the “Getting Started with

Win 2k” window to Register Now or Discover Win or Connect to the Internet. Is

there a way to reset my registry or ?? to yesterday so I don’t lose all of my

old set up?? Also any ideas on how to share the win 2k pc in “my network

places”?

tks

[Guest Dave Patrick]

Re: win 2k network id question/reset sys info

 

On a newly-joined-to-the-domain PC if you logon to the pc first, then to the

domain you would end up with two profiles.

%username%

and

%username%.%userdomain%

Else if you logon to the domain first, then to the pc you would end up with

%username%

and

%username%.%computername%

 

Depending on your situation one of them is now orphaned but you can run

regedt32.exe and navigate to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows

NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList locate the new profile SID and edit the

Reg_Expand_Sz 'ProfileImagePath' to point back to the old domain profile.

 

 

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Regards,

 

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"wrap" wrote:

> my appologies if this posts twice, I tried once before. I was trying to

> make

> it easier to access my win 2k machine from the XP pc's on my home network.

> Other 2 connect/share fine. Can see xp machines and printers from win 2k

> pc

> and can share printer on win 2k pc. I could never see the win 2k pc from

> normal "my network places" but could get on it by "search for computer and

> enter win 2k pc computer name & then user/pw. I could add shortcuts to xp

> pc

> but would lose them when i had to reboot xp pc. I was trying to change

> something on the win 2k pc, was tired of always fussing with it. Went to

> control panel-system properties-network Id and then clicked Network ID

> button. Then changed option from “part of business network…” to “is for

> home

> use…”. Said ok on reboot. When the system came back up I had lost half of

> my

> shortcut icons and when I tried to launch IE I get the “Getting Started

> with

> Win 2k” window to Register Now or Discover Win or Connect to the Internet.

> Is

> there a way to reset my registry or ?? to yesterday so I don’t lose all of

> my

> old set up?? Also any ideas on how to share the win 2k pc in “my network

> places”?

> tks